Governor
Rochas Okorocha of Imo State on Tuesday announced the dissolution of the
state’s cabinet comprising commissioners, special advisers, senior special
assistants and special assistant.
Observers
reckoned that the dissolution of the cabinet was preparatory to the setting up
of a team that would canvass support for the governor’s successor in 2019.
Okorocha
announced the dissolution in statement issued in Owerri, the state capital, by
his Principal Secretary, Mr Paschal Obi.
The
dissolution also affected the transition committee chairmen in the 27 Local
Government Areas of the state, but it excluded his Chief of Staff, Uche Nwosu (his son in law) being rumored to be his preferred successor,
and the Secretary to the State Government, George Eche.
Obi
confirmed the development to our correspondent when he was contacted on the
telephone, on Tuesday.
He
said, “Yes, the governor has dissolved his cabinet. I don’t have much to tell
you. I am very busy now.”
One
of the affected commissioners, Obinna Nshirim, confirmed it when he was reached
on the telephone but said that he had yet to be informed officially.
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