Rivers crisis escalates as 2015 chairmen vow to reclaim LG secretariats

From Tony John, Port Harcourt

The 22 elected executive chairmen of the Local Government Councils in Rivers State, under the administration of former Governor Chibuike Amaechi, have emerged claiming to be the authentic council bosses.

They were elected under the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2014, towards the last lap of Amaechi’s administration, but were ousted from office in 2015 by a…