On 4th July, 2024 the Ogoni Liberation Alliance (OLA) in a statement released by the President of the association, Barieeba Marcus Nwile while reacting to the recent appointment of Caretaker Committee Chairmen of the twenty-three Local Government Councils in Rivers State by Governor Siminalayi Fubara, revealed that majority of the people who emerged from the Caretaker Committee Chairmanship list were rather political jobbers who were not the original wishes of the good people of their Local Government.
According to Vanguard, President of the Ogoni Liberation Alliance (OLA), Barieeba Marcus Nwile said "Majority of those who emerged from the caretaker committee Chairmanship list are rather political jobbers who were not the original wishes of the people. The nomination of the Khana LGA CTC was not the choice of the people from the council area. A certain Marvin Yobana was appointed unilaterally by the Chief of Staff to the governor, Rt Hon Edison Ehie without the impute of the people, and this is the same case almost throughout the 23 LGAs of the state and this does not go down well with some of us who had worked hard and risked our lives for this government."
Barieeba Marcus Nwile added in Khana Local Government Area, many people were very angry, especially with the fillers that Marvin Yobana had been tipped again by the Chief of Staff to the Governor of Rivers State, Sir Siminalayi Fubara to run another three-year term as the Chairman of the Local Government. He also added that there had been bickering about Governor Fubara not adequately compensating the people who were really in the struggle with him because many appointments that he had given were to people who had not been in the battle trenches, but to those who were only close to those at the Government House.