By: Felix Ikpotor
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has appointed Mr Benibo Anabraba as thethe new Secretary to the State Government.
He replaces the former SSG, Dr. Tammy Danagogo who was appointed in 2023 when Fubara became Governor.
The new SSG who hails from Akuku-Toru Local Government Area of the state, same with Danagogo, is the son Chief Ferdinand Anabraba, Chairman of Rivers Elders Forum and strong ally of the Federal Capital Territory Minister, Nyesom Wike.
The new SSG is a two-term former member of the Rivers State House of Assembly and has also served as a commissioner under Governor Fubara.
The new SSG’s appointment was contained in a statement by Sir Honour Sirawoo, Permanent Secretary of the State Ministry Information and Communication.
It was gathered that the decision to drop the former SSG may not be unconnected with his role in the political disagreement between Wike and Fubara which rocked the state between late 2023 and early 2025.
Impeccable sources confided in PH Spectator that the appointment of Anabraba as the new SSG is intended to please Wike’s camp and further cement the ongoing peace process brokered by President Bola Tinubu.
