The political crisis in Rivers State continues to deepen as two commissioners have again resigned from Governor Sim Fubara’s Cabinet.
The Commissioner for Justice and Attorney-General, Zacchaeus Adangor, while rejecting his redeployment, tendered his resignation from the state executive council.
This comes after his previous resignation on 14 December due to a face-off between Governor Sim Fubara and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike.
Adangor and other commissioners who had previously resigned due to the political crisis were later reconfirmed by the State House of Assembly and returned to the government.
However, in a recent reshuffling of the cabinet, Adangor was redeployed as the Commissioner for Special Duties (Governor’s Office), a position he vehemently rejected, in his resignation letter addressed to the Secretary to the Rivers State Government, Adangor accused Governor Fubara of interfering with the performance of his duties as the Attorney-General of the state.
As the situation unfolds, it remains to be seen how the government will respond to Adangor’s rejection and resignation.
Hours after the resignation of Zacchaeus Adangor, another commissioner, Isaac Kamalu, also exited the cabinet of Governor Siminalayi Fubara.
Like Adangor, Kamalu, in a letter to the SSG, Tammy Danagogo, on Wednesday, rejected his redeployment from the Finance Ministry to the Ministry of Employment Generation and Economic Empowerment.
Kamalu cited absence of peace in Rivers State despite the peace pact by President Bola Tinubu last December.
He said it was impossible for him to give his best in an atmosphere of rancour.
The governor had on Tuesday implemented a minor cabinet reshuffle in the state and moved Adangor to the Ministry of Special Duties (Governor’s Office), while Kamalu was moved to the Ministry of Employment Generation and Economic Empowerment.
The Rivers State Government did not provide a reason for their redeployment.
Both commissioners, who are loyalists of ex-governor Nyesom Wike, had previously resigned from their positions last December in the heat of the political crisis in the state and the rift between Fubara and his predecessor who is now the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). However, they were reinstated as part of the peace agreement initiated by the President Bola Tinubu.
