Documented cases of fraud, corruption, and financial misconduct by Rivers State government officials and agencies during the 2023–present term. Sources linked on each card.
5
Total cases
0
Convicted
5
Ongoing
0
Dismissed
Govt response:
OngoingStalled
Allegation
In May 2022, while serving as Rivers State Accountant-General, Fubara was declared wanted by the EFCC alongside 58 other officials over an alleged ₦435 billion fraud. He reportedly evaded an arrest attempt at Port Harcourt International Airport after winning the PDP governorship primary.
Outcome / Status
Fubara was not convicted. Once he became governor in May 2023, constitutional immunity for sitting governors (Section 308) would have applied, leaving the underlying allegation formally unresolved rather than dismissed on the merits.
Administration's response
No detailed on-record rebuttal from Fubara addressing the specific ₦435bn allegation was identified for this entry; misleading social media claims that he remains actively 'wanted' have separately been fact-checked as false given his current immunity.
OngoingStalled
Allegation
Alongside the ₦435bn matter, the EFCC separately declared Fubara and four other Rivers officials wanted over an alleged ₦117 billion fraud involving criminal conspiracy, money laundering, misappropriation of public funds, and abuse of office.
Outcome / Status
As with the related ₦435bn matter, no public record of a conviction or formal resolution was identified for this entry; gubernatorial immunity would apply for the duration of his tenure.
Administration's response
No detailed on-record rebuttal from Fubara addressing this specific allegation was identified for this entry.
OngoingPursuing
Allegation
Fubara presented the state's 2024 and 2025 budgets to a rump faction of the House of Assembly (as few as 3-5 of its 31 members), which a Federal High Court, the Court of Appeal, and ultimately the Supreme Court ruled was constitutionally improper and a nullity.
Outcome / Status
The Supreme Court's February 2025 ruling voided the budget presentation, recognised the rival 27-member Amaewhule faction as the legitimate Assembly, and froze federal allocations to the state pending compliance.
Administration's response
Fubara's camp maintained the rump faction it recognised was the legitimate Assembly following earlier defections, a position the courts ultimately rejected.
OngoingPursuing
Allegation
Fubara's administration conducted local government elections on 5 October 2024 that were later found to be procedurally unsound, given the underlying dispute over which Assembly faction had validly authorised the electoral process.
Outcome / Status
The Supreme Court voided the results in its February 2025 ruling and removed the elected local government chairmen from office.
Administration's response
No detailed on-record government response specifically defending the conduct of the invalidated elections was identified for this entry.
OngoingPursuing
Allegation
As part of the Supreme Court's ruling against him in the Assembly-recognition dispute, the court ordered Fubara to personally pay ₦5 million in legal costs to the 27 pro-Wike lawmakers whose seats he had contested.
Outcome / Status
The cost order stood as part of the March 2025 ruling; no separate compliance report confirming payment was identified for this entry.
Administration's response
No detailed on-record response specifically addressing the cost order was identified for this entry.