Shugaban riko a jihar Rivers, Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas, ya yi nadin shugabannin riko a kananan hukumomi 23 na jihar, duk da hukuncin kotu da ya hana wannan mataki. Kotun Tarayya a Fatakwal ta bayyana cewa Ibas ba shi da hurumin yin hakan bisa doka.
Wannan mataki na Ibas zai iya tayar da hankali a cikin rikicin siyasa da shari’a da ke ci gaba da karuwa a jihar Rivers. Duk da umarnin kotu, gwamnatin riko ta ci gaba da naɗin shugabanni, wanda hakan ke kara jaddada rikitaccen hali a siyasar jihar.
Rikicin ya samo asali tun bayan karewar wa’adin shugabannin kananan hukumomi a lokacin tsohon gwamna Nyesom Wike. Gwamna Siminalayi Fubara ya rusa shugabancin kananan hukumomi tare da naɗin shugabannin riko, wanda hakan ya jawo sabuwar takaddama.
Bayan haka, an ruwaito cewa Nyesom Wike ya gana da ‘yan majalisar da aka dakatar a London, wanda hakan ya jawo hankalin jama’a, ganin cewa rikicin majalisar na cikin dalilan da suka janyo dokar ta-baci a jihar.