Ex-Rivers Magistrate Rejects Sole Administrator’s Authority, Cites Judicial Independence
A former magistrate in Rivers State has publicly declared that he cannot take orders from the newly appointed sole administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd.), following the imposition of emergency rule in the state. The magistrate’s stance comes amid sweeping changes in the state’s governance structure after President Bola Tinubu suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his