Nigeria, March 3 -- Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has ordered the 23 Local Government Chairpersons in the state to hand over to heads of local government administration in their domains on Monday, kick-starting the implementation of the Supreme Court judgment.

In a statewide broadcast in Port Harcourt on Sunday, Mr Fubara said his government would implement the court verdict without reservations upon receipt and studying the judgement's certified true copy.

"Although we disagree with the judgment we are bound to obey as a law-abiding government," the governor said, regretting that the verdict seems to take the state back to its trying times.

"I urge everyone to remain calm and peacefully go about with their legitimate dail...