Suspended governor of Rivers State, Siminalyi Fubara, yesterday, engaged in a war of words with the immediate past Head of Service, HOS, Dr. George Nweke, over the bombing of pipelines in the state and burning of the House of Assembly Complex.

A host of lawyers and groups yesterday, pooh-poohed the suspension of political appointees by Rivers State Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas, retd, describing the action as illegal and capable of causing more problems in the state.

The ruling All Progressives Congress APC has again backed President Bola Tinubu’s declaration of a State of Emergency in Rivers State, saying the action has resolved 90 percent of the crisis in the state.

THE Presidency, yesterday, warned the 2023 Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Mr. Peter Obi over his comments on the status of democracy in the country as a host of political and religious leaders, activists were divided over the issue. While some concurred with the statement that democracy was collapsing, others disagreed.

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, presidential candidate of Labour Party in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah, and former governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal, yesterday expressed concerns that democracy was not working in Nigeria.