PDP betrayed Rivers people, says Ann-Kio Briggs

Speaking on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, Briggs lamented that despite the loyalty of Rivers people to the PDP since 1999, the party had failed to rise to the occasion when it mattered most.

Briggs stated that the PDP’s failure to act decisively left residents of the state to suffer the consequences of prolonged political crises.

She also noted that the PDP allowed internal divisions and power struggles to weaken its influence, worsening the political situation in Rivers State.

Briggs further emphasised that the most profound lesson from the crisis has been for the electorate, not the politicians.

“I think the biggest lesson has been learned by the people of Rivers State, the electorate, to know that we have rights that are much bigger and more profound than the rights the politicians believe they have,” she said.

Briggs distanced herself from Governor Siminalayi Fubara’s gratitude to President Bola Tinubu for brokering peace in Rivers, saying, “definitely not even the President himself will be aware that not everybody in Rivers state is going to be eternally grateful to him.”

Briggs also demanded accountability from retired Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas, who served as the state’s sole administrator during the six-month emergency rule declared by President Tinubu in March 2025.

She insisted that funds expended during his tenure belong to the people.