A recent report claiming that the Sole Administrator of Rivers State, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (rtd) was planning to appoint administrators to take charge of the 23 local government areas (LGAs) in the state has raised concerns on the commitment of Ibas and the presidency to maintain neutrality in the political crisis in the state.
Though neither the sole administrator nor the presidency confirmed the report, the allegation that most of the appointees are in the political camp of one of the feuding parties in the crisis has raised further apprehension in the state.
If this development is true, it will lend credence to the allegation that President Bola Tinubu declared the state of emergency to hand over power and political structure of the state to one of the feuding camps.