Environmentalist, Annkio Briggs, has stated that the people of Rivers State are earnestly waiting for the suspension of the state of emergency imposed on the state by President Bola Tinubu.

Briggs said this on Tuesday while fielding questions on Channels Television’s breakfast show Sunrise Daily.

She stated that the people of Rivers are unhappy and hoped things would change by October 1st.

“We are (Rivers people) still not happy, but we’re watching to see how this all ends up by the 1st of October,” she said on the show.

Naijaonpoint reports that in March, President Bola Tinubu declared a state of emergency in Rivers State after a prolonged political crisis in the coastal state.

He suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy, Ngozi Oduh, and the Rivers State House of Assembly members for an initial six months.

Over three months after the move, Briggs claims that since the development, “nobody is really accounting for it since almost four months now” and that the “people of Rivers State are at the receiving end” of the decision.

Speaking further, the rights activist stated that nothing has changed in the state despite the meeting among the warring factions.

When asked if the meeting had affected the political temperature within the team, she said, “Well, it has not.”

She claimed that the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, does not want to “see himself as a former governor but rather wants to see himself as someone who should be in control of the governance of Rivers State”.