Edison Ehie, Chief of Staff to the suspended Rivers State governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has described as fake the viral news that a court order has been obtained to prevent the sole administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (rtd), from resuming duties in Government House, Port Harcourt.
Ehie urged the public to disregard the false claim, allegedly fabricated by individuals who, he said, are bent on aggravating the already tense political atmosphere in the state.
He said the malicious post claimed that the alleged order was granted in a fictitious suit he purportedly filed, challenging “the Presidential Pronouncement of State of Emergency in Rivers State” as “unconstitutional.”
Ehie stated that he has decided to be law-abiding and conduct his affairs peacefully in accordance with the law, holding strongly to his faith in God, and has no intention of acting in any way that would present him as a disruptor.
The statement read in part: “Ordinarily, I would not have reacted to this empty social media rant by low-minds and never-do-wells who thrive on fomenting trouble and causing disaffection among the people of the state, but to save the gullible public from buying into this cheap blackmail and misinformation and believing the same to be true.
“The truth is that even the author is so uneducated and illiterate that he or she cannot correctly spell my name, or the names of others he or she claims to be writing about, or even the suit number and when it was filed or heard.
“It is important to advise the general public and particularly the good people of Rivers State to discountenance this baseless, false, and malicious post, as it is intended to create bad blood among the people while painting me as a non-conformist.”
He therefore urged Rivers people and Nigerians to treat the post as a deliberate attempt to invade cyberspace with an unsolicited and vexatious narrative aimed at achieving nothing but hate and anger.
