The former governor of Rivers State and current minister of Federal Capital Territory, FCT Mr Nyelsom Wike was alleged to have nominated 15 out of the 16 commissioners while the state Governor, Fubara nominated one.
This was disclosed by the National Coordinator of the South-South Leadership Forum, His Highness Anabs Sara-Igbe during an interview on Arise Television.
Anabs Sara-Igbe said, “out of 16 commissioners, the Governor was only allowed to produce one, while the former governor produced 15.”
“As a governor, you cannot appoint your CSO, the former governor produced your CSO. The former governor appointed the Chief of Staff. All the appointments that had been given were made by the former governor and this is a known fact by everybody. That is why it is very painful to them when the governor dissolved the EXCO.”
“You hardly see the governor attending meetings of governors either PDP or anywhere. The instruction is that he should not go out. You rather see the Deputy Governor in attendance rather than the Governor. The Governor does not use the state plane to travel, it is the former governor that uses the plane owned by the state
