Prof. Zacchaeus Adangor said. “When I Entered Fubara’s Office, He Threw a Paper at Me and Said, ‘AG, Look at That Paper’

Prof. Zacchaeus Adangor, the former attorney general of Rivers State, disclosed an uncomfortable interaction he had with Governor Fubara, in which the latter threw a paper at him and instructed him to look at it, in an interview with Channels Television. Adangor said how, defying convention, the governor gave him the order to forward any legal proceedings served on the attorney general’s chambers to the highest office for guidance. CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>

Adangor revealed that he complied but soon found himself in a confrontational situation when Governor Fubara questioned his decision to challenge the validity of a lawsuit filed by Dr. CAJ Chinwo. Adangor asserted his authority as the chief law officer, stating that when it comes to matters of law, he is the master.

According to him, “After I filed the processes, the governor subsequently invited me to his office, and when I entered the office, he threw a paper at me and said, Attorney-General, look at that paper. I picked up the paper and looked at it. It was the process I filed in that suit instituted by Dr. CAJ Chinwo, and he said, Why did you challenge this suit? Why did you challenge the competence of the suit? I said, Your Excellency, sir, when it comes to matters of law, as attorney-general or chief law office, I am the master.” CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>