Fubara redeploys Justice, Finance Commissioners over Rivers crisis
By Emma Ogbuehi
As the political crisis rocking Rivers State simmers, Governor Siminalayi Fubara has reshuffled his cabinet.
The Governor, in a statement on Tuesday night by the Secretary to the Rivers State Government, Dr. Tammy Danagogo, redeployed the Commissioner for Justice and Attorney-General of the state, Prof. Zacchaeus Adangor to the Ministry of Special Duties (Governor’s Office).
Fubara also sent the Commissioner for Finance, Isaac Kamalu, to the Ministry of Employment Generation and Economic Empowerment.
The Governor asked them to immediately hand over to their respective permanent secretaries.
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He said: “They are to hand over to their respective permanent secretaries immediately as this deployment takes immediate effect. All had over processes must be completed immediately”.
Fubara has been embroiled in a debilitating political battle with his predecessor, Nyesom Wike.
Wike, who is the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), is accused of plotting to unseat his estranged political godson, Fubara.
Many of the commissioners either served while he held sway as governor or personally nominated by him.
Most, therefore, are loyal to him rather than Governor Fubara.
As Fubara redeploys the commissioners loyal to Wike, many are waiting to see how that will impact on the crisis rocking the state.