Fubara arrived at the presidential villa on Monday around
6:20pm.

The Rivers governor was reinstated on September 18 after a
six-month state of emergency rule in the state.

Fubara and Ngozi Odu, his deputy, had just returned to
office after serving a six-month suspension following the declaration of state
of emergency in Rivers by the president on March 18 over a festering political
crisis.

The president also suspended members of the Rivers state
house of assembly.

Tinubu appointed Ibok-Ete Ibas, a retired admiral, as sole
administrator to oversee the state during the emergency rule.

Fubara was expected to resume duty on September 18, but the
governor was not in the state, as he was away abroad.

On September 19, the Rivers governor arrived in Port
Harcourt, the Rivers state capital, amid jubilation by his supporters.

In a statewide broadcast, he said Rivers must now focus on
reconciliation and development after six months of emergency rule.

Fubara added that he resisted the pressure to challenge the
constitutionality of the emergency rule and the suspension of the suspension of
democratic institutions in the state.