In Bayelsa State, the cold war between the State governor Seriake Dickson and the First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, yesterday turned ugly with the sack of the state commissioner for local government, Mrs Marie Ebikake, and the special adviser on Federal Government Projects, Chief Remi Kuku, over alleged divided loyalty.
The two commissioners, were members of the Dickson administration that participated in Dame Patience' reception at Otuoke community ahead of last weekend's wedding ceremony of the president's foster daughter, Miss. Inebai Paul and Dr Simeon Onyemaechi, at Otuoke in Ogbia local government area of the state.
It was gathered that both Ebikake and Kuku disobeyed an order asking all political appointees to shun the first lady due, probably, to a similar rebuff of the governor and his wife, Dr Rachel Dickson.
There was no reason given for the sack of the two officials, however, a statement signed by the governor's chief press secretary, Daniel Markson-Iworiso, warned the youths and women in the state of the presence of politicians who are out to destabilize the state.
It was gathered that the venue of the traditional wedding ceremony of the president's foster-daughter was turned into a battleground by women loyal to the president's wife and the state governor, Dickson.
Dickson later explained the reason for the sack of two female political appointees and the redeployment of two others in his cabinet, saying it was part of efforts to ensure service delivery and fulfilment of his restoration agenda.
Dickson, in a statement issued by his chief press secretary, Mr Daniel Markson-Iworiso, yesterday said the minor cabinet reshuffle is in furtherance of the governor's commitment to deliver more robustly on its administration's restoration agenda.
The minor cabinet reshuffle witnessed the sack of the state commissioner for local government administration, Mrs Marie Ebikake, and the special adviser on federal projects, Mrs Remi Kuku.
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