Governor Simnalayi Fubara has warned nine commissioners who returned to his cabinet months after resigning, not to work against his government.
The commissioners, who are allies of ex-Governor Nyesom Wike, resigned from Fubara’s cabinet at the height of the political crisis between the governor and FCT minister.
The commissioners are Prof. Zacchaeus Adangor (SAN), Dr. Jacobson Mbina, Dr. Gift Worlu, Mrs Inime Chinwenwo-Aguma, Chukwuemeka Woke, Prof. Prince Chinedu Mmom, Dr. George Des-Kelly, Isaac Kamalu, and Austin Chioma.
In a statement on Monday by his media aide, Boniface Onyedi, Fubara urged the returnee commissioners to support the government in a way that would promote its image and not destroy it.
“Let me also use this medium to direct the Secretary to the State Government to assign the commissioners that were sworn in last week with their responsibilities. Let the SSG assign only those of you who are here today back to their former offices. Let it be part of my birthday gift to you.
“But let me also say this, coming and taking back your position is not for you to use it to destroy my government. Whatever it is that you’re doing, it is not about me. It is about the things that you can stand to defend and be proud of many years after,” Fubara said.
According to the statement, he spoke at the Government House in Port Harcourt where he swore in a former factional Speaker of the House of Assembly, Edison Ehie, as his Chief of Staff.
Ehie’s appointment came weeks after Chidi Amadi, another ally of Wike, resigned from the position amid the political crisis in the state.
The same political crisis saw Ehie resigning his membership of the Rivers State House of Assembly, where alongside four other lawmakers, he resisted an attempt by 27 lawmakers loyal to Wike to impeach Fubara.
