Rivers Group Opposes Ibas On Thanksgiving Service

A governmental unit group, the Rivers United for Tinubu 2027, has kicked against the program by the Rivers State sole administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas, to organise a thanksgiving work to herald the instrumentality of antiauthoritarian regularisation successful the state.

Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy, Professor Ngozi Odu and members of the Rivers State House of Assembly, who were suspended connected March 18, 2025, by President Bola Tinubu are expected to resume bureau connected September 18, 2025, aft the expiration of their six-month suspension.

Ibas had, successful a connection issued successful Port Harcourt connected Saturday and signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Professor Lucky Worika, announced a thanksgiving work to clasp connected Sunday astatine the Ecumenical Centre, Port Harcourt.

“The Government of Rivers State is pleased to invitation the imperishable secretaries, section authorities chairmen, heads of authorities information and para-military agencies, accepted rulers, chairmen and members of boards and governing councils, captains of industries, authorities officials and invited guests to the Inter-Denominational Church Thanksgiving Service arsenic portion of modulation activities to usher successful Democratic Governance successful Rivers State.

“Special impermanent of honour, His Excellency, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas (rtd), head of Rivers State. Please invited guests are requested to beryllium seated by 9:30 am.”

But, successful a connection made disposable to LEADERSHIP Sunday successful Port Harcourt, the pro-Tinubu radical described the planned thanksgiving work arsenic an bare ceremony, insisting that the radical of the authorities merit accountability and not bare ceremonies.

The statement, which was signed by the group’s manager of Publicity and Communication, Clifford Amadi-Okanezi, said that, “Although it is simply a noble happening to convey God for the acquisition of beingness and for the aerial we breathe, it is arsenic important to telephone retired those who effort to usage religion arsenic a cloak for questionable behaviour and mismanagement of nationalist trust.”