Rivers bombings, Assembly burning: Confusion as Fubara, ex-HOS trade claims
•Former official, wife disagree over alleged abductionBy Davies Iheamnachor 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.The development, which created confusion over the true story of the incidents that happened in the state, added another twist to the complex political crisis in Rivers.In 2023, in the early stages of the current impasse, suspected political thugs burnt down the chambers of the Rivers State House of Assembly.The arsonists had carried out the act at about 9:45pm, causing uneasy calm around the assembly complex.On March 18, 2025, an explosion also rocked a section of the Trans Niger Pipeline in Bodo Community in Gonna Local Government Area of Rivers State, heightening the already tense political situation in the state. The incident occurred near the Bodo-Bonny Road under cons...