Thursday, June 20, 2024 - The Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has said the newly sworn-in caretaker committee chairmen in the state can operate from anywhere.
This comes after some of the chairmen
accused the police of preventing them from gaining access into their council
secretariats.
Governor Fubara stated this shortly after
swearing in the 23 chairmen at the government house in Port Harcourt on
Wednesday, June 19.
He warned the caretaker chairmen, not to
confront the security men who have taken over the council secretariats, saying
he does not want to be associated with violence.
“Let me also advise that as you resume in
your respective local governments, please I do not want any confrontation, it
is not in my nature. It is not my style. Whatever happened yesterday (Tuesday)
I know and the world knows that it is not from you people.
Some persons caused it. So let us not allow
them to continue to make our state look bad in the comity of states. So if you
go back, if there is any situation I want you to be law abiding. I don’t want
any confrontation. You can operate from anywhere,” he said.
He said the most important thing was that
the caretaker chairmen are now in charge of the Local Government Areas.
Governor Fubara also noted that the tenure
of the caretaker committee would be short because, in the coming days, the
Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) would begin the process
for the conduct of local government elections.
The state police command had on Tuesday
announced, that it had taken over all the LG council headquarters to forestall
further bloodshed and to prevent a breakdown of law and order.
A policeman and a member of a local
security outfit were killed during a clash between supporters of the governor
and his predecessor, the Federal Capital Territory Minister, Nyesom Wike, at
Eberi-Omuma in the Omuma Local Government Area of the state on Tuesday. June
18.
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