The Rivers Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (Rtd), has assumed duty in the state.
The former Naval Chief arrived at the Government House, Port Harcourt, at noon on Thursday, following a formal reception at the airport led by the Rivers State Head of Service George Nwaeke.
He was accompanied by security heads, including the General Officer Commanding, the 6 Division of the Nigerian Army, the Commander of the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Pathfinder, and the Commander of 115 Special Operations Group, Nigerian Air Force.
Others were the Commissioner of Police, the Director of the Department of State Services (DSS), and the Director, of Energy Security, Office of the National Security Adviser.
Ibas, in an interview with journalists in Government House, Port Harcourt said he would meet with the Head of Service, Permanent Secretaries, and Service Commanders to get formal briefings.
Responding to his reception by Rivers people upon his arrival at the airport, Ibas said that Port Harcourt had always been his city and everything appeared calm in spite of the current political situation.
He stated that Port Harcourt City would go back to where it had always been.
He commended journalists in the state for what they had been doing in the line of their duties, and assured that he would address the press later.
