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The suspended Deputy Governor of Rivers State, Professor Ngozi Nma Ordu, has again dismissed rumours suggesting she has resigned from office.
Her position was made known by the Head of the Press Unit, Owepele Benibo, who described the reports as “false information from the pit of hell.”
Speaking in a telephone interview, Benibo firmly stated that the Deputy Governor has no intention of resigning, particularly at a time when reconciliation efforts are underway to restore peace in the state.
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He urged the public to disregard the “fake news”, assuring that Professor Nma-Ordu remains fully engaged in the administration of Governor Siminalayi Fubara.
This is the second time it is rumored that she has resigned from office.
On March 5, 2025, some Facebook users from Rivers State alleged that the Deputy Governor had resigned but her media team also debunked the rumours.
In other news The Benue State Caucus of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the National Assembly on Wednesday endorsed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as its sole candidate for the 2027 presidential election.
The endorsement, which came during a press briefing at the National Assembly Complex in Abuja, makes the Benue APC Caucus the first legislative group in the 10th Assembly to formally declare support for President Tinubu’s re-election bid.
Speaking on behalf of the group, Senator Titus Zam (Benue North-West) said the decision was based on the president’s “transformative leadership” and the numerous federal interventions in Benue State since the beginning of his administration in May 2023.
Flanked by Senator Emmanuel Udende (Benue North-East) and ten APC members of the House of Representatives from Benue, Zam listed a number of infrastructure projects, economic initiatives, and security efforts credited to the Tinubu administration.
Among the highlighted projects are the 465-kilometre Calabar–Ebonyi–Benue–Nasarawa–Abuja Superhighway, the reconstruction of the Makurdi–Aliade–Otukpo–Enugu Road, and the dualization of the 9th Mile–Otukpo–Makurdi Road. Others include the ₦83.8 billion Buruku Bridge across the Katsina-Ala River, the rehabilitation of the Oju–Cross River federal road, and the construction of a flyover at Wurukum Roundabout in Makurdi.
