APC in Rivers’ State to Commence Impeachment Proceedings Against Governor Siminilayi Fubara

 

“It will be recalled that Governor Fubara on Monday criticized the attitude of the members of the Rivers State House of Assembly towards his administration, saying the members will cease to exist as legislators if he so decides.”

PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | MAY 8, 2024

The Rt. Hon. Martin Amaewhule led Rivers State House of Assembly has been directed by the All-Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers’ state to immediately commence impeachment proceedings against Governor Siminilayi Fubara.

Caretaker Committee Chairman of the party, Mr. Tony Okocha, gave the directive on Tuesday, during a media conference at his office, in Port Harcourt.

The directive came following the governor’s recent declaration that the Assembly members were non-existent anymore in the eyes of the law. Okocha stated that where the Assembly fails to commence the impeachment process, the party will invoke the relevant sections of its constitution to discipline them as APC members.

It will be recalled that Governor Fubara on Monday criticized the attitude of the members of the Rivers State House of Assembly towards his administration, saying the members will cease to exist as legislators if he so decides. He said the lawmakers are existing based on his recognition predicated on the Peace Accord initiated by President Bola Tinubu.

Governor Fubara stated this while addressing a delegation of political and traditional leaders from Bayelsa State who visited him at the Government House in Port Harcourt, the state capital, to seek and end to the political crisis in Rivers State and an improved relationship between both states.

He said, “Those group of men who claim that are Assembly members are not Assembly members, they are not existing. I want it to be on record. I accepted that Peace Accord to give them a floating. That is the truth. There was nothing in that Peace Accord that’s a constitutional issue; it’s a political solution to a problem. And I accepted it because these were people that were eating in my house, these were people I have helped paid their children’s school fees when I wasn’t even a governor. So, what is the thing there?

“We might have our division, but I believe that one day, we could also come together but it has gotten to a time when I have to make a statement that they are not existing. Their existence is me allowing them to exist. If I de-recognize them, they are nowhere. I want you to see the sacrifice I have made in allowing peace to reign in our state.”

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