Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State and Chidi Amadi, immediate past Chief of Staff to the Governor but loyal to Nyesom Wike
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt
Chief of Staff to Governor Siminalayi Fubara,Mr. Chidi Amadi and loyalist of Nyesom Wike, the Minister of Federal Capital Territory has resigned.
Joseph Johnson, Commissioner for Information and Communitions who confirmed the resignation of Amadi, however,did not say who the Governor has appointed to replace him despite online speculations that the former factional Speaker Edison Ehie,who resigned recently as factional Speaker and member of the Rivers House of Assembly loyal to the Governor has been appointed in that position.
Although the state government is yet to issue official statement on the resignation, however,Joseph Johnson, who gave the confirmation in a Port Harcourt based radio station merely said:” When the Governor appoints a new Chief of Staff, he will announce it at the right time.”