Bayo Onanuga, the Special Adviser to President Tinubu on Information and Strategy, has maintained that prior to the state of emergency rule in Rivers State, intelligence showed that militants were already targeting pipelines, risking a collapse in output across parts of the nation.
Onanuga stated this in a reactionary piece on Sunday, titled “Imagine Rivers State Without a State of Emergency.”
President Bola Tinubu declared a state of emergency in Rivers State, resulting in the six-month suspension of Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy, and the elected members of the State House of Assembly.