BREAKING: 2 Special Advisers quit Gov Fubara's cabinet in Rivers state
Thompson Nsisongabasi
Dec 15, 2023
2 Special Advisers quit Gov Fubara's cabinet in Rivers state
Two special advisers of Governor Siminalayi Fubara have turned in their resignation letters as of Friday morning.
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This follows the resignation of about eight commissioners in the governor's cabinet.
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The gale of resignations is believed to be a fallout of the ongoing struggle for political control in Rivers between Fubara and his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, who is now the Minister of FCT.
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Some sources claimed that the special advisers, like the commissioners, resigned in solidarity with and on the instruction of Wike.
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They cited several reasons ranging from "personal principles, other commitments and conscienceÔÇØ for their decisions to dump the Fubara administration.
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They are Chima Aguma, special adviser to the governor on aviation and
Marshall Obuzor, special adviser to the governor on new media.
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There are also speculations that the gale of resignation from the Fubara cabinet will continue.
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This, according to speculations, was because the FCT Minister had asked his loyalists in Fubara's cabinet to quit and move to the All Progressives Congress, APC.
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This followed the defection of 27 lawmakers loyal to Wike from PDP to APC in Rivers House of Assembly on Monday.
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