Rivers Crisis: Shock As Two Commissioners Resign From Fubara’s Cabinet Hours After Adangor’s Exit

Hamilton Nwosa
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The political crisis roiling the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Rivers State, on Thursday, took a different dimension as the Commissioner for Works George-Kelly Alabo and his Social Welfare and Rehabilitation counterpart Inime Aguma. resigned from Governor Siminalayi Fubara’s cabinet.

The latest to pull out of the cabinet are the Commissioner for Works George-Kelly Alabo and his Social Welfare and Rehabilitation counterpart Inime Aguma.

Their resignations came hours after the state’s Attorney-General (AG) and Commissioner for Justice Prof Zacchaeus Adangor quit his post and were contained in separate letters to Governor Fubara.

“I hereby resign my appointment as the Commissioner for Works, Rivers State, effective immediately. My decision to resign is anchored on my conscience, personal philosophy, and professional ethics,” Alabo said in the letter addressed to the governor.

“This decision was taken after deep introspection. I appreciate Your Excellency for the opportunity to serve my beloved Rivers State as Commissioner for Works.”

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