The Rivers State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Prof Zacchaeus Adangor, and his Finance counterpart, Isaac Kamalu, yesterday resigned their positions in the State Executive Council following their redeployment to other ministries.
With their resignations, it is believed that the Abuja Peace Pact, midwifed by President Bola Tinubu, in the wake of the political crisis in Rivers State between the camps of Governor Siminalayi Fubara, and his estranged political godfather and FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, may have collapsed.
Recall that both appointees, who are die-hard loyalists of Wike, had a few months ago resigned their positions in the wake of the cold war between the two Rivers political gladiators, but President Tinubu intervened, leading to the signing of a peace pact with conditions set for both camps.
One of the key conditions of the agreement was the reabsorption of the pro-Wike allies into the Fubara cabinet.
However, the peace pact may have been shattered as both appointees rejected their redeployment to other ministries by the governor, saying they were no longer interested in serving in Governor Fubara’s cabinet.
Shortly after the news of Adangor’s resignation broke, the erstwhile Commissioner for Finance, Isaac Kamalu, who was redeployed to the Ministry of Employment Generation and Empowerment, also resigned his appointment as a member of the Rivers State Executive Council.
Kamalu’s resignation came barely two hours after the former Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice tendered his resignation letter.
In a letter addressed to the Governor, though the Secretary to the State Government, Dr Tammy Danagogo, Kamalu said it was a letdown on him to be redeployed when he has contributed immensely to the economic growth of the state.
