FULL LIST: Six Commissioners Resign As Rivers Political Crisis Intensifies

Eko Hot Blog reports that not less than Six Commissioners have so far resigned from the cabinet of Governor Siminalayi Fubara over the political crisis rocking Rivers State.

The rift between Governor Fubara and his predecessor, Nyesom Wike who is now the serving Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has resulted in political tension in Rivers State.

As a result of the rift between the two leaders, 27 members of the State House of Assembly recently defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

The political crisis has also led to a gale of resignation by some Commissioners in the state.

The list of Commissioners who have tendered their resignation letters as a political tsunami sweeps through Rivers State are:

• Attorney General/Commissioner for Justice: Prof. Zacchaeus Adangor.
• Commissioner for Social Welfare/Rehabilitation: Mrs Inime Aguma.
• Commissioner for Finance: Isaac Kamalu.
• Commissioner for Works: Alabo George-Kelly.
• Commissioner for Special Duties: Emeka Woke
• Commissioner for Education, Prof. Chinedu Mmom.

All the affected commissioners communicated their resignation in separate letters to Governor Fubara.

The resigned commissioners are believed to be loyalists of Wike and according to sources, the individuals were ordered to resign by the Minister in preparation for a move to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

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