Rivers Attorney-General quits

Prof. Zacchaeus Adangor, the Rivers Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, has resigned his appointment.

Adangor said this in a letter dated April 24 and addressed to the office of the Secretary to the State Government on Wednesday in Port Harcourt.

“I wish to state for the record that I am no longer willing to continue to serve in the administration of His Excellency Sir Siminialaye Fubara, governor of Rivers, in any capacity whatsoever.

“It is important to mention that the governor has in the past couple of weeks willfully interfered in the performance of my duties as the Honourable Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice of the state by directing me not to defend, oppose, or appear in suits instituted against the Attorney-General and the government of Rivers by persons admittedly hired and sponsored by the government of Rivers,” he said.

Supreme News reports that Gov. Siminialaye Fubara had, on April 23, approved a slight cabinet reshuffle that affected Adangor and the Commissioner for Finance, Mr. Isaac Kamalu, who were believed to be loyal to FCT Minister Nyesom Wike.

Adangor was redeployed to the Ministry of Special Duties, while Kamalu was transferred to the Ministry of Employment Generation and Economic Empowerment.

However, Adangor in a letter rejected his new posting and resigned from the cabinet.