The portrait showing Siminalayi Fubara as governor of Rivers State was intact at Government House, Port Harcourt, when sole Administrator of Rivers, Admiral Ekwe Ibok Ibas (rtd), settled down for his first day in office.
The Independent mirror reports that President Bola Tinubu had appointed Ibas after declaring the State of Emergency in Rivers as a result of the protracted political crisis in the state.
The president had suspended Fubara and members of the Rivers House of Assembly for six months, citing a breakdown of law and order.
After the president swore at him on Wednesday, Ibas promised to restore law and order in Rivers.
The Sole Administrator was said to have arrived at the Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa, by 11.30am and proceeded straight to Government House, Port Harcourt where he was received by the Government House staff.
However, at the exco chamber, the pictures of Tinubu and Fubara were seen carefully hung..
