Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has declared as fake the list of the Peoples Democratic Party Caretaker Committee members for the state and local government areas circulating in public.
The list said to have been released by the PDP national secretariat was seen by our reporter on Thursday.
But speaking at the flagoff of the Auto Spare Parts Trading, Commercial Centre in Iriebe in Obio-Akpor Local Government Area on Thursday, the governor described the list as the handiwork of publicity seekers.
This was contained in a statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Nelson Chukwudi.
Fubara explained that the national leadership of the party had met recently and agreed that in states where the tenure of PDP executives had expired , they should continue as caretakers for the next three months.
The governor clarified that the National Executive Council did not approve that new names should be added to the already existing number of officers, or any subsisting officer(s) removed
He stated, “I know that a lot of you saw something flying in the social media, dailies. Let me brief you. We held a meeting and we agreed that, not just in Rivers State, but in all the states affected, that the Executive Councils (of PDP) should be extended for three months.
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