Meet Retired Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas, Rivers State Administrator President Bola Tinubu has nominated retired Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas as the administrator of Rivers state.
Ibas, a former chief of naval staff, will be responsible for overseeing the affairs of the state for at least six months.
The new Rivers administrator served as chief of naval staff from 2015 to 2021. He further served as Nigeria’s ambassador to Ghana.
The president had earlier on Tuesday declared a state of emergency in Rivers following the persistent political invasion and instability in the state.
Tinubu furthermore suspended the governor, his deputy and the members of the state assembly.
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He revealed the administrator will administer the state without enacting new laws however may issue regulations subject to federal executive council approval and presidential promulgation.
The president revealed the judicial arm of Rivers state endures unaffected and will abide its constitutional duties.
Tinubu stated his intervention, published in the federal gazette and shared with the national assembly, seeks to restore peace and order in the troubled state.
“The administrator will not make any new laws. He will, however, be free to formulate regulations as may be found necessary to do his job, albeit such regulations will require to be considered and agreed by the Federal Executive Council and promulgated by the president for the state,” the president stated in a televised publicise.
“This declaration has been published in the federal gazette, a copy of which has been forwarded to the National Assembly in homogeneousness with the quality.
“It is my fervent hope that this inevitable intervention will help to restore peace and order in Rivers State by awakening all the contenders to the constitutional imperatives binding on all political players in Rivers state in particular and Nigeria as a whole.”
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Published 3/18/2025