Wike Dissolves RSIEC, Judicial Commission

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Monday night announced the dissolution of the State.

Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) and the Rivers State Judicial Service Commission(RSJSC). 

A brief statement issued and signed by Wike’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Sir Opunabo Inko-Tariah, said the governor acted on the recommendation of the state House of Assembly on grounds of official misconduct levelled against both agencies. 

The Rivers state House of Assembly had earlier in the day paved the way for the governor to dissolve the local government councils reconstituted by the former Governor, Chibuike Amaechi, six days to the end of his tenure.

The assembly, in its sitting Monday, declared the May 23 council elections in the state illegal and passed a resolution directing the state governor to dissolve the state Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC).

The assembly also directed the governor to sack the state Judicial Service Commission (RSJSC) for its role in the protracted crisis in the state.

The resolutions came after principal officers of the RSIEC and RSJSC appeared before the lawmakers following their summons.