Rivers Former LG Chairmen Threaten To Forcefully Resume Office

Following the recent Supreme Court judgment outlawing the use of caretaker committees to run councils’ affairs, former local government chairmen in Rivers State have threatened to resume office in the councils.

The former chairmen loyal to the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, said they will resume if the state governor, Siminalayi Fubara, refuses to obey the court order.

They issued the threat during a news briefing in Port Harcourt on Friday.

Speaking, the former Chairman of Emohua LGA, Dr. Chidi Lloyd, said they had remained patient all these while expecting the governor to comply with the court judgment, adding that he had continued to work with the caretaker committee members in the 23 LG councils of the state.

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Lloyd alleged that the governor’s actions were capable of causing a breach of the peace in the state and called on the police authority at the national level to take necessary actions to stop the activities of Fubara’s CTC chairmen.

He stated, “The Governor of Rivers State has continued to act as if the state is parallel. The essence of this conference is to say that we are not cowards; if this continues, we will go back to our local government and force ourselves into the councils.

“We have kept quiet because of the kind of leader we have who continues from time to time to preach the path of peace. We are still the same ones that elected him into office as governor when his local government produced less than 5000 votes. If this continues, we will exacerbate the already exacerbated situation.”