By Daniel Abia | Port Harcourt
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has formally eliminated his long-time ally, Dr. Tammy Danagogo, and permitted the instant appointment of Hon. Benibo Frederick Anabraba as the brand new Secretary to the State Authorities (SSG).
The announcement was made in a press release launched by Dr. Honour Kuru Sirawoo, Everlasting Secretary, Ministry of Info and Communications. In accordance with the assertion, Anabraba might be sworn in at 4:00 PM on Monday at Authorities Home, Port Harcourt.
Governor Fubara, who was reinstated earlier this 12 months following a six-month suspension after the federal authorities declared a state of emergency in Rivers State on March 18, 2025, had but to totally represent his cupboard. The absence of key appointments—together with the SSG and Chief of Employees—had sparked tensions inside his political camp.
Till his appointment, Anabraba was a member of the Rivers State Home of Meeting representing Akuku-Toru Constituency. First elected in 2021 on the platform of the Folks’s Democratic Occasion (PDP), he later defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC), demonstrating what many described as unwavering loyalty to former Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi.
Anabraba’s appointment is seen as affirmation of hypothesis that Governor Fubara was beneath strain to not reappoint Danagogo or Dr. Edison Ehie to his new cupboard. These situations are believed to be a part of the Abuja peace accord brokered between Fubara and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Barr. Nyesom Wike.
Simply two weeks in the past, Governor Fubara and Wike held a closed-door assembly on the residence of Chief Ferdinand Alabrabra, Chairman of the Rivers Elders Council, in Port Harcourt. Sources stated no Fubara loyalists have been current, and the assembly was described by Wike’s camp as a “household reunion” fairly than a proper political negotiation.
Nevertheless, insiders recommend that the assembly primarily centered on shaping a brand new cupboard that might safeguard the political pursuits of the FCT Minister and his loyalists in Rivers State.
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