Fubara Set To Probe Wike, Others

Rivers State Governor, Mr. Siminalayi Fubara, has said he would institute a panel of inquiry to investigate how the affairs of governance were conducted in the state before he assumed office.
The governor gave the hint when he swore in Mr. Dagogo Iboroma, SAN, as the new Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice of the State at Government House in Port Harcourt.
Fubara said Iboroma was coming on board at a critical time that there were lots of legal matters, that needed to be tackled, with bravery.
He said, “Why are we bringing you at this very critical time? We have a lot of issues around us. We believe that you are not going to be the one that when they send service to you, you go and file ‘nolle prosequi’ or you go and file one thing that would kill us here.
“Let me also say this, you have a big task. We will be setting up a judicial panel of inquiry to investigate the affairs of governance. So, brace up, I am not going back on it.
“Please, defend us. We know that you are going to defend us because your record is clean. You are a gentleman and peaceful. You are not a noise maker. People like you are endowed, and they have the fear of God.”
Fubara reiterated that though he thought the political crisis he considered as problem within a family would have been resolved but regretted that there had been no headway out of it.
He said his administration has now moved forward because there is now a well- constituted State House of Assembly to discharge legislative duties, and a seasoned lawyer appointed as the Attorney-General of the State.
“I am happy that this is happening today to mark the beginning of a new era in our administration. When I said that I had a reason for being patient, it is because I know that we are all from one family. And if we have a disagreement, no matter how bad it is, it should be resolved amicably.
“But it has become very clear that in this disagreement, there is no way to resolve it amicably. And for a lot of reasons, there are visible evidence that there is sabotage, deliberate attempt to sabotage this administration.
“For that reason, we have to move forward. And, moving forward, if it means taking decisions that are going to hurt anybody, we are not going back on the protection of the interest of Rivers people,” the governor said.
He blasted the immediate-past Attorney-General, Prof. Zaccheaus Adangor, who he said sabotaged the same administration he served.
“It is good that you were already a SAN before your appointment. This means that you’re a very thorough lawyer and has earned your appointment. Not like the one we had here.
Making reference to what his estranged godfather, Chief Nyesom Wike, said about making a mistake about making him, Governor Fubara said, God does not make mistakes when He elevates any person, saying his becoming a governor was not a mistake by God.