By Okafor
Ofiebor
The
22 Caretaker Committee Chairmen of the 22 out of the 23 local Government areas
of Rivers State, southern Nigeria, were
this morning sacked by Governor Nyesom Wike.
A statement signed by Opunabo Inko Tariah, Special Adviser, Media and Publicity,
said: “The dissolution is with immediate
effect. The twenty two Caretaker Committees are to handover to the various
Heads of Local Government administration.”
The
statement further explained that the statutory three month allowed by the
constitution and the state government law for the tenure of caretaker
committees expires today.
Governor Wike on July 9, swore in the 22 caretaker
committee chairmen to replace the elected council executives of the All
Progressives Congress, APC, dissolved via a ruling delivered by Justice Lambo
Akanbi, of the Federal High Court in Port Harcourt.
Meanwhile,
the ousted 22 APC local Government chairmen are in the Industrial
Court
in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State still challenging their July sack
Culled
from www.thenewsnigeria.com.ng
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