Rivers Sole administrator Ibot-Ete Ibas finally resumes duty, details emerge

• Vice Admiral Ibot-Ete Ibas connected Thursday, March 20, 2025, resumed work arsenic the Sole Administrator of Rivers state
• President Bola Ahmed Tinubu appointed and sworn successful Ibas aft suspending Governor Sim Fubara
• After assuming office, Ibas held a closed-door gathering with information heads, the CP, the DSS Director, the Head of Service, and the Permanent Secretaries

Legit.ng writer Adekunle Dada has implicit 7 years of acquisition covering metro, authorities policy, and planetary events

Port Harcourt, Rivers state - The recently appointed Sole Administrator of Rivers State, Vice Admiral Ibot-Ete Ibas, connected Thursday, March 20, 2025, officially resumed work astatine the Government House, Port Harcourt.

Legit.ng recalls that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu appointed Ibas as the sole head for Rivers state.

Ibot-Ete Ibas resumes work arsenic Rivers Sole Administrator connected Thursday, March 20, 2025. Photo credit: @biggiedeyforyou/@Klefjonz
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Tinubu approved Ibas' assignment connected Tuesday, March 18, aft declaring a authorities of exigency successful the authorities and suspending Governor Siminalayi Fubara for six months.

Ibas was received astatine the airdrome by a word led by the Rivers State Head of Service George Nwaeke earlier moving to the State House.

The erstwhile Naval Chief was accompanied by information heads, including the General Officer Commanding, the 6 Division of the Nigerian Army, the Commander of the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Pathfinder, and the Commander of 115 Special Operations Group, Nigerian Air Force.

As reported by Channels Television, Ibas arrived astatine the Rivers authorities House astir 12 noon.

The sole head was besides received astatine the State Executive Council Chambers by Permanent Secretaries.

After this, Ibas held a closed-door gathering with information heads, the CP, the DSS Director, the Head of Service, and the Permanent Secretaries.

He disclosed that discussions were inactive ongoing with information heads and would talk further aboriginal successful the day.

Ibas stated this portion speaking to journalists aft the meeting.

The sole head said that the concern successful Rivers State appears calm, pledging to guarantee that the concern is wholly brought to normal.

Legit.ng also reported that President Bola Tinubu sworn successful Ibas arsenic the sole head of Rivers state.

The swearing-in ceremonial took spot astatine the State House successful Abuja connected Wednesday, a time aft Tinubu declared a authorities of exigency successful Rivers.

Legit.ng besides reported that Rivers sole head vowed to reconstruct instrumentality and bid successful Rivers state.

Ibas emphasised that helium would beryllium moving with cardinal stakeholders to guarantee stableness and information successful the state.

President Tinubu had cited law authorization to suspend Governor Fubara and name Ibas amid escalating governmental tensions.

Senate takes determination connected Tinubu's suspension of Fubara

Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that the senate passed and adopted the proclamation of President Tinubu connected the six-month suspension helium slammed connected Governor Fubara of Rivers state.

Senate President Godswill Akpabio announced this aft a closed-door league connected Thursday, March 20, that lasted implicit 1 hour.

Earlier, Akpabio disclosed that President Tinubu had written the Senate a missive of proclamation connected the six-month suspension the Nigerian person slammed connected Fubara.

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Source: Legit.ng