{"id":157348,"date":"2025-03-31T20:41:15","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T19:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/rivers-declare-your-assets-publicly-or-face-court-action-coalition-tells-sole-administrator-ibas"},"modified":"2025-04-04T15:17:49","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T14:17:49","slug":"rivers-declare-your-assets-publicly-or-face-court-action-coalition-tells-sole-administrator-ibas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/rivers-declare-your-assets-publicly-or-face-court-action-coalition-tells-sole-administrator-ibas","title":{"rendered":"Rivers: Declare your assets publicly or face court action \u2013 Coalition tells Sole Administrator, Ibas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Rivers State Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas (rtd), has been given seven days to declare his assets publicly.<\/p>\n

The demand was made by a civil society organization, Coalition of Conscientious Citizens (3Cs), at a press conference in Abuja on Sunday, March 30, 2025. The coalition stressed that the sole administrator should comply with Section 185 (1) of the Constitution, which requires individuals elected to the Office of Governor to declare their assets and liabilities before taking office.<\/p>\n

Tinubu, in a nationwide broadcast on 18 March 2025, declared a state of emergency in Rivers State.<\/p>\n

Justifying the decision, the President said he was \u201cgreatly disturbed about the political crisis\u201d in the state and accused Governor Sim Fubara of demolishing the State House of Assembly building.<\/p>\n

Fubara and his deputy, Ngozi Odu, and all elected members of the Rivers State House of Assembly, were suspended for an initial period of six months. A retired Vice Admiral, Ibokette Ibas, was appointed as Administrator to take charge of the affairs of the state during the emergency period.<\/p>\n

Tinubu has come under fire from several quarters, with many Nigerians questioning the legality and propriety of the decision.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, reactions have continued to trail the emergency rule declaration as the Coalition of Conscientious Citizens (3Cs) insisted that the Rivers sole administrator must declare his assets publicly.<\/p>\n

Executive Director of the coalition, Dr. Gabriel Nnaji, expressed concerns that Ibas\u2019 failure to declare his assets could lead to self-enrichment at the expense of the people of Rivers State.<\/p>\n

Sounding the warning, Nnaji cited reports of Rivers State\u2019s coffers being depleted within two weeks of the sole administrator\u2019s tenure.<\/p>\n

The statement said, \u201cOur concerns have been further heightened by the reports we are getting from inside the administration. There are suggestions that Rivers State\u2019s coffers have been bled dry in under two weeks of the Sole Administrator being in office.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is especially concerning given the speed with which the withheld allocations for local governments were released without further changes in the judicial status of the excuses earlier given for withholding them.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere were also hints that the suspension of Governor Fubara\u2019s political appointees was done to ensure that they were not around to witness the industrial-scale looting of the state\u2019s resources taking place under the Sole Administrator.<\/p>\n

\u201cArising from the foregoing, we urge Vice Admiral Ibas not to complicate issues for himself. He must immediately declare his asset to remedy his failure to fulfil the constitutional requirement to do the same before taking the oath of office as Sole Administrator of Rivers State.<\/p>\n

\u201cGiven that Vice Admiral Ibas does not enjoy the mandate of Rivers State electorates being the product of a fiat, there is an additional burden on him to publicly declare his assets. This will ensure he does not enrich himself at the expense of the state.\u201d<\/p>\n

The coalition gave Ibas seven days to publicly declare his assets, failing which a legal action will be initiated to compel him to do so.<\/p>\n

The group equally vowed to scrutinize the sole administrator\u2019s tenure, to ensure that any misuse of state resources attracts legal consequences.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are consequently giving Vice Admiral Ibas seven days from today to publicly declare his assets, failing which we shall activate the appropriate legal processes to compel him to declare his assets.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are also putting Vice Admiral Ibas on notice that the Coalition of Conscientious Citizens (3Cs) will lead an amalgamation of willing Nigerians and organisations to place his tenure under constant scrutiny and ensure that any misuse or personalisation of the resources of Rivers State shall attract legal consequences,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Nigeria. Rivers State Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas (rtd), has been given seven days to declare his assets publicly. The demand was made by a civil society organization, Coalition of Conscientious Citizens (3Cs), at a press conference in Abuja on Sunday, March 30, 2025. 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