THE Rivers State Commissioner for Justice and Attorney-General, Zacchaeus Adangor, has rejected his redeployment to the Ministry of Special Duties and resigned from the State Executive Council (SEC).
Adangor, a close ally of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, had earlier resigned as the state’s Attorney-General on December 14 when the state governor, Siminalayi Fubura’s with Wike was at its peak.
However, he and the other commissioners who resigned due to the crisis rejoined the administration after being reaffirmed by the state House of Assembly.
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In his resignation letter, sighted by The ICIR, Adangor rejected his new position and claimed that Fubara interfered with his ability to carry out his obligations as the state’s Attorney-General.
“I wish to state for the record that I am no longer willing to continue to serve in the administration of His Excellency Sir Siminalayi Fubara, GSSRS, Governor of Rivers State, in any capacity whatsoever.
“It is important to mention that the Governor of Rivers State had in the past couple of weeks wilfully interfered with the performance of my duties as the Honourable Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Rivers State, by directing me not to defend, oppose, or appear in suits instituted against the Honourable Attorney-General and the government of Rivers State by persons admittedly hired and sponsored by the government of Rivers State,” the former commissioner stated in the letter.
Adangor stated that having ‘dutifully’ served the government and Rivers State for five years, he must quit the Fubara administration to preserve his reputation.
Fubara reorganised his cabinet earlier in the week and appointed Adangor as Commissioner for Special Duties (Governor’s Office).
The governor redeployed two Wike’s loyalists during the reorganisation.
In addition to Adangor, Fubara moved the Commissioner for Finance, Isaac Kamalu to the Ministry of Employment Generation and Economic Empowerment.
This minor cabinet reshuffle was contained in a statement issued by the Secretary to the State Government, Tammy Danagogo, in Port Harcourt on Tuesday, April 23.
The development followed a protracted feud between former Governor Wike and his successor, Fubara.
Following President Bola Tinubu’s intervention, an eight-point ceasefire was reached, which mandated Fubara to reappoint several commissioners who resigned from his government.
Before Tinubu’s intervention, 27 members of the state House of Assembly had defected from the ruling Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) in the state to the All Progressives Congress (APC), in which Wike is serving as a minister under the Nigerian government in Abuja.
While Tinubu’s peace deal appears to have failed to end the feud between Wike and Fubara, virtually all the Assembly members who defected to the APC have opposed several of the governor’s decisions and overruled him.
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