Rivers state government says governor Sim Fubara did not force the commissioners who resigned from his cabinet to do so
Rivers state government says Governor Sim Fubara did not force the commissioners who resigned from his cabinet to do so
This clarification is coming days after nine commissioners resigned from the cabinet citing different reasons. All nine commissioners are believed to be loyal to the former governor Nyesom Wike
Whatever their reason, I will like to say that the governor did not force, compel or ask anyone to leave,” the state’s Commissioner for Information, Joe Johnson, said on Sunday
“Those who left did so on their own volition, and according to their reasons.”
The commissioner said a structural firm confirmed that the Rivers State Assembly Complex was no longer habitable and that informed the decision of the governor to demolish the complex
Johnson said even Wike agreed that the complex was no longer habitable, adding that his principal is a pacifist and he is doing all in his capacity to quell the crisis.
Rivers State has been a theatre of comedy in the last three months with the state House of Assembly serving as the stage The rift between Wike and Fubara split lawmakers in the House with 27 of them decamping from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), a party in whose central government Wike currently serves as Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
The feud also saw the emergence of parallel sittings, an impeachment plot against the governor, the demolition of the Assembly complex, and a gale of resignations of pro-Wike commissioners in Fubara’s cabinet.
Though President Bola Tinubu and some elder statesmen have intervened in the crisis, there seems to be no end in sight to the political tsunami sweeping the oil-rich South-South state.
