Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has taken a fresh move to address the violence witnessed recently in the state by establishing a judicial commission of inquiry.<\/p>\n
This move comes after the Ikwere and Emohua Local Government Council secretariats were set ablaze, resulting in destruction of properties and loss of life.<\/p>\n
Pointblanknews.com reports that the violence, which occurred on Monday, October 7, 2024, was allegedly carried out by loyalists of former Governor Nyesom Wike, who has been at odds with Fubara.<\/p>\n
The attacks resulted in the destruction of three local government secretariats.<\/p>\n
Fubara has pledged to take action against those responsible, marking a departure from previous incidents where perpetrators went unpunished.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe won\u2019t stand by and watch political thugs wreak havoc in Rivers State.<\/p>\n
\u201cThose behind these attacks will account for their atrocities,\u201d Fubara declared while swearing in four new commissioners at the Government House in Port Harcourt on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
He added, \u201cI said it before it happened. Those behind this are unhappy and have gone to extreme lengths to sow discord among our people.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut we won\u2019t allow this to go unpunished. We will work with security agencies to uncover those responsible and ensure they face justice.\u201d<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, a statement by the Office of the Secretary to the Rivers State Government, Dr. Tammy Danagogo on Tuesday, said the judicial commission, is established pursuant to Section 2(1) of the Commissions of Inquiry Law to investigate the arson, killings, and destruction of property at local government council headquarters.<\/p>\n
The commission members include:<\/p>\n
\u2013 Hon. Justice I.R. Minakiri \u2013 Chairman
\n\u2013 Barr. Felicia Nwoke \u2013 Member
\n\u2013 Prof. Blessing Didia \u2013 Member
\n\u2013 Sir Samuel Egbe \u2013 Member
\n\u2013 Venerable Alex Usifor \u2013 Member
\n\u2013 Barr. Uzor Ikenga \u2013 Counsel to the Commission
\n\u2013 Mrs. Inyingi Brown \u2013 Secretary<\/p>\n
The statement said members of the Commission will be sworn in later today at the Executive Council Chambers, Government House, Port Harcourt<\/p>\n
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has taken a fresh move to address the violence witnessed recently in the state by establishing a judicial commission of inquiry. This move comes after…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":109813,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-114584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"\n