See the Controversial Reason Embattled Rivers Governor, Nyesom Wike, Sacked His Media Aide

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has sacked his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Opunabo Inko-Tariah, following a disagreement over a statement released by the latter.

The sack, which was contained in a radio statement on Friday, came days after  Wike disowned a statement from the sacked Adviser, denigrating the Nigerian judiciary.

Opunabo had, on behalf of Wike, while reacting to the ruling of the Rivers State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal Holden in Abuja, labelled judges “judicial terrorists”.

Some days later, Wike denied authorship of the statement saying he had utmost respect for the judiciary.

“We are not one of those when judgment favours you, you say you have confidence in the judiciary. When it does not favour you, you lose confidence in the judiciary,” Wike said.“I want to say in the past two days, you must have read where they quoted me as saying judicial terrorism or judicial gang-up, I never said so. And I never authorised anybody to say so on this matter,” he added.

There were signs that Mr. Inko-Tariah had been sidelined by Wike since that statement.

Soon afterwards, press statements emanating from the Press Unit of Rivers State Government House, which were before signed by the Special Adviser, seized to bear his name and designation.

Other statements in the name of Wike also did not bear Inko-Tariah’s name.

Instead, Wike’s Special Assistant(Media), Simeon Nwakudu, signed on behalf of Wike.

In a radio statement, Inko-Tariah, has denied that he was sacked stating instead that he resigned because Wike starved his office of funds and refused to take his advice. Sources however maintain that Wike actually sacked Inko-Tariah, a graduate of Communications Art, University of Uyo.

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