Former Vice President and 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has faulted President Bola Tinubu over the suspension and recent reinstatement of Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara and members of the State House of Assembly, describing the action as unconstitutional and illegal.

Atiku, in a statement posted today on his official X platform, insisted that there was nothing to celebrate in the lifting of the suspension, as the action itself had no basis in law.

Atiku’s remarks come barely 24 hours after President Tinubu lifted the state of emergency in Rivers State and directed Governor Fubara, his deputy, Professor Ngozi Nma Odu, and members of the House of Assembly to resume office today, September 18th 2025.