There is confusion in Rivers state as to how the swearing in of Nyesom Wike, Governor-elect will be carried out because the state has no chief judge.

For over a year the state has been without a Chief Judge as Governor Rotimi Amaechi refused to comply with the National Judicial Council, NJC.

Section 185 subsection 2, of the Nigerian constitution states that: ''The Oath of Allegiance and the oath of office shall be administered by the Chief Judge of the State or Grand Khadi of the Sharia Court of Appeal of the State, if any or President of the Customary Court of Appeal of the State, if any, or the person for the time being respectively appointed to exercise the functions of any of those offices in any state''.

Following the provisions of the constitution, it is still unclear how the matter will be handled but it is expected that the NJC will step in to provide a solution.