Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has suspended Barrister Otonye Briggs, the caretaker committee chairman of the Akuku-Toru local government area, just three weeks before the local government election.
In a statement released in Port Harcourt yesterday by his chief press secretary, Nelson Chukwudi, Fubara appointed Bitebobo Nelson Amieye as the new head of the council.
The governor instructed the former chairman to transfer all council assets under his control to the new caretaker committee chairman.
The statement reads in part: “The chairman, Caretaker Committee of Akuku-Toru local government area, Hon Barrister Otonye Briggs, has been suspended with immediate effect.
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“The governor has directed Hon Bitebobo Nelson Amieye, to immediately take over as chairman.
“Barrister Otonye Briggs is hereby directed to hand over all council property in his possession to the Caretaker Committee Chairman.”
The Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission set October 5, 2024, for the local government areas election in the state.
The RSIEC chairman, Justice Adolphus Enebeli, revealed this during a stakeholders meeting in Port Harcourt following the governor’s announcement of the end of the previous local government chairmen’s tenure last night.
