Drama as Rivers Administrator’s aides protest nonpayment of entitlements

By Davies Iheamnachor

PORT HARCOURT: There was mild play wrong the premises of the Rivers State Government House, Port Harcourt, arsenic information unit attached to the Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok Ibas, staged a protestation against nonpayment, colony by the outgoing Administrator.

The improvement had sparked hostility concisely flared arsenic hitted arguments ensued among the information operatives.

A root privy to the improvement said the play unfolded arsenic the Protocol unit of to the Government were preparing the convoy for the Administrator’s urgent question to Abuja, Wednesday morning.

The source, whose sanction cannot beryllium mentioned, said the protocol had informed the information unit that the Administrator was leaving for the Airport and that the information men thought Ibas was relocating backmost to Abuja.

It was gathered that the enraged serviceman had reportedly taken up the protesting, readying to artifact the Administrator’s question with a chant.

The protesters who were besides captured successful a video posted connected Social media, were demanding contiguous outgo of their outstanding entitlements.

The sound and chants from the aggrieved serviceman had attracted the attraction of a apical information serviceman wrong the facility, who hurried retired for intervention.

However, normalcy restored aft the elder information officials, who came out, persuaded the aggrieved operatives to basal down that the Administrator was lone visiting Abuja and would beryllium back.

Meantime, the Rivers State Government has not issued immoderate authoritative connection connected the matter, but it was gathered that each unit and absorption of the Brick House are alert of the development.

At property time, the convoy of the Administrator is inactive stationed astatine the Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa, awaiting the instrumentality of Ibas, who rushed to Abuja for an undisclosed exigency gathering Abuja.

The station Drama arsenic Rivers Administrator’s aides protestation nonpayment of entitlements appeared archetypal connected Vanguard News.