President Tinubu Summons Ibas, Ex-Rivers Administrator to Aso Rock

 

The immediate past Rivers State Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd.) has been summoned to Aso Villa by President Bola Tinubu.

 

He arrived at the presidential villa at about 5:50 pm yesterday clad in brown native attire.

 

Ibas was also closely followed by the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, and the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ola Olukayede.

 

Following the declaration of a State of Emergency in Rivers as well as the suspension of the Executive arm of government in the state, President Tinubu appointed Ibas as the Sole Administrator of the state with a mandate to served in office for only six months.

 

He left office on September 17, following the end of the six-month emergency rule, after the President directed the suspended state governor, Sir Sim Fubara, his deputy, and the state House of Assembly members to return to office from the previous Thursday.

 

The Rivers State House of Assembly, chaired by Speaker Martin Amaewhule, had, during its first plenary session after the end of emergency rule, stated that it would investigate the state’s expenditure during the six months of emergency rule.