Rivers state governor, Siminalayi Fubara recollects how his government got off to a pleasant start but ended up in disarray after an inexplicable cause for his removal.
According to Fubara, the political family was together before he took government but split up as a result of the state’s political unrest.
On Friday, September 20, at the Executive Chambers of Government House in Port Harcourt, the governor installed eight new judges. He made his remarks in a statement signed by his chief press secretary, Nelson Chukwudi.
Judges Frank Onyiri, Victor Chinedum Ugoji, Godswill Vidal Obomanu, Rita Chituru Oguguo, Alatuwo Elkanah Fubara, Bariyima Sylvester Kokpan, Lesi Wifa-Adedipe, and Ibietela Innocent Madighi Obu are the eight new judges of the High Court.
Fubara said: “But God was kind because he has offered another golden opportunity to steady the course of governance, stir up hope in the people and provide trusted leadership that is now widely accepted”.
The governor said that the reasons behind the political crisis that erupted in the state were beginning to unfold for many more people to understand clearly.
“Things have to get bad before it will get well. You don’t harvest a maize without planting it. When these seeds are planted, they decay and they now, from there, start growing.
“So, I strongly believe that what we are facing, at the stage we are, is for a rebirth of our State, and with your support, we are going to get everything right. At least, if not everything, 90 percent of our issues will be right.”
On the inauguration of new judges, he said: “We are here today to consummate that process so that there will be more judicial officers that will help to drive the process of our Judiciary in the State.
