By Suleiman Anyalewechi
The embattled Rivers State Governor Sir Siminalayi Fubara on Thursday February 26, 2026, sounded unusually tough as he read the riot act to his newly appointed Chief of Staff, CoS, and Secretary to the State Government SSG.
At the official swearing-in of Dr Dagogo Wokoma ,and Barr.Sunny Ewule, as SSG and CoS respectively, Governor Fubara warned them against any involvement in political and nocturnal meetings with a firm threat to dispense with the services of any of his appointee who goes contrary to his directive.
The Source reports that the two appointments, announced early Thursday morning, signaled the beginning of the re-building process post-settlement of the long drawn crisis of confidence between Governor Fubara and the camp of his political godfather, the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Minister Nyesom Wike.
Governor Fubara insisted that the essence of having the two technocrats on board is to assist him in the re-building process and not to further create problems by way of unnecessary involvement in political activities and other unwholesome practices.
“This appointment is not for any political empowerment that you are appointed to start raising, or believing that you have a platform to abuse, insult, or create problems. It is an appointment to help this administration succeed.
“The most important thing to this administration now is to see that the good works that we started, and the ones we met on ground are concluded in a way that will bring progress and development to our State.
“You are working under me. You are my personal aides. It is not a position that as you are leaving here now, you start holding political meetings, and calling.people without my permission.
” Let me sound a warning here clearly. Your job is to make sure that administrative activities, image making are well coordinated by way of liaising with everyone on official engagement here is handled satisfactorily.
“However, if you involve yourself in nocturnal meetings, and political gatherings, I will not hesitate to sack you.
“What is more important to me today is peace, progress and prosperity of Rivers state. It is important, and I am not going to compromise it for anything.
“I believe that those that have worked closely with me are very much aware that I don’t say what I won’t do. May be before now, a few things had gone wrong because of my not being observant, and I let anything to go.
“But this time, I am not going to let things to go just like that. I am watching everyone, and any step that will bring any form of embarrassment to this Government or to my person, I assure you will be met with commensurate sanctions”, Fubara stated.
He also sounded a note of warning to some retired Permanent Secretaries who have refused to vacate their seats months after being duly retired from service.
The Governor assured that he will dispatch a team to decisively handle the situation by next week.
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