One of the 23 Local Government Council Caretaker Committee Chairmen recently appointed by Governor Siminalayi Fubara, has appointed a staggering 600 individuals as Special Assistants, Senior Special Assistants, and Executive Assistants.

The caretaker chairperson of Ikwerre Local Government Area (LGA), Darlington Orji, made the appointment on Wednesday, 26th June 2024.

According to political analysts observing the situation in Rivers State, the move is aimed at strengthening Governor Fubara’s political structure, which is seen as a strategic response to his ongoing political rivalry with his predecessor and current Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike.

Orji made the appointments despite claiming he was prevented from assuming office by police barricades at the local government secretariat.

In a recent interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today, Orji said, “I got to the Ikwerre local government council and saw that it is being barricaded by security agents – the police, to be precise. They said they were acting on the orders of the Inspector General of Police.”

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