Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers has set eyes on probing the government of the state including that of his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, with whom he had been having a political dogfight since last year.
Fubara said his administration will soon set up a panel of inquiry to probe governance of the state.
The Governor stated this on Monday after swearing in Dagogo Iboroma as the Attorney General of the state shortly after the Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) was screened and confirmed by the Victor Oko-Jumbo-led House of Assembly comprising members loyal to the him.
“Why are we bringing you in at this very critical time? You have a big task. As it is today, in the local parlance, they say the jungle has matured. We will be setting up a panel of inquiry to investigate the affairs of governance, so brace up. I am not going back on it”, he charged the new Attorney General.
Fubara accused Wike and his loyalists of deliberately sabotaging his administration while he was hoping that the issue in the state would be resolved amicably.
He said it was now obvious that the political crisis in the state has defied political solution, stressing that he would make tough decisions henceforth no matter how hurtful they would seem.
In responding to comments by former Attorney General Zacchaeus Adangor (SAN), and his counterpart in the Ministry of Works Alabo George-Kelly both of whom resigned recently, he accused the former Attorney General of sabotaging his administration by filing nolle prosequi (do not prosecute) against the interest of the state.
On the comment by George-Kelly, Governor Fubara maintained he would have been promoted beyond Level 14 in the civil servants before his retirement.
He said he was already on Level 13 as a Chief Account Officer before 2023. According to him, even if it was a mistake as claimed by George-Kelly, by the special grace of God he is here as a governor.
“Even if it is a mistake (his emergence as a governor), by the special grace of God, I am here today. Let me also appeal to them, let them continue to make mistakes,” Fubara said.
