In a statement, the Secretary to the State Government, Tammy Danagogo, noted that the governor’s authority to establish the commission is derived from Section 2 of the Commissions of Inquiry Law, Cap 30, Laws of Rivers State of Nigeria, 1999.
According to the statement, the members of the Commission are: Justice I.R. Minakiri as Chairman, Inyingi Brown as Secretary, and Felicia Nwoke, Professor Blessing Didia, Samuel Egbe, and Venerable Alex Usifor as members, while Uzor Ikenga will serve as Counsel to the Commission.