The immediate past sole administrator of Rivers State, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd.), has dismissed the Rivers State House of Assembly’s plan to probe his six-month tenure.
He described the move by the lawmakers as an exercise in futility.
Ibas, who vacated office on September 17, 2025, following the expiration of the emergency rule declared in the state, reacted to the development.
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This came after the Assembly, led by Speaker Martin Amaewhule, announced plans to investigate how the state’s resources were spent during the emergency period.
The lawmakers had resolved “to explore the process of knowing what transpired during the emergency rule with regard to spending from the consolidated revenue fund for the award of contracts and other expenditure.”
But responding through his Senior Special Adviser on Media, Hector Igbikiowubu, on Sunday, Ibas insisted the Assembly lacked the authority to probe him.
He argued that he acted strictly on the mandate of President Bola Tinubu and under the supervision of the National Assembly.
“When you say they were going to probe the tenure of the administrator, was it the Assembly that appointed the administrator?” Igbikiowubu asked.
He further stated: “When you also reason that the administrator was supervised by the National Assembly, it goes without reason that when you’re invariably saying that you will be probing the administrator and the National Assembly.”
“So, I wish them good luck with their plan and their probe.
“But you and I know that such an enterprise amounts to a fool’s errand.”
