The All Progressives Congress (APC) is considering initiating impeachment proceedings against Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers over several constitutional infringements.

Tony Okocha, the state APC Caretaker Committee chairman, said this on Thursday in Abuja when he briefed reporters.

“Although I am not a member of the state House of Assembly, impeachment is a democratic process. Impeachment is not a coup de tat,” he said.

Mr Okocha said the party would do everything possible to protect the 27 Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lawmakers who defected to the APC.

“So, we are telling the governor that he cannot thrive on illegality; we will petition the judge before the National Judicial Council (NJC) for giving that jankara order against our members.

“So we want to appeal to our party to join us to defend our members who are being ill-treated by the Rivers House of Assembly,” he said.

Speaking on the demolition of the state House of Assembly complex, Mr Okocha said the APC would not allow illegality to thrive in Rivers.

He added that the defected lawmakers would continue to meet elsewhere so long as they had the mace, which symbolised authority with them.

“You cannot place something on nothing and expect it to stand. Illegality is illegal.

“Let me also let you know that what makes an assembly is not the structure but the human beings in that assembly.

“So, an assembly can be moved anywhere, provided the mace, which is its symbol of authority, is there. As of yesterday, about 27 members sat and took far-reaching decisions on state matters,” he said.

He said the APC had the majority members at the House of Assembly, having 27 of its 32 members.

Mr Okocha said this was in line with the mandate given to the party’s national secretariat to reach out to members of opposition parties in the state.

“We will fight illegality; we will not allow illegality to fester in our state. It is our duty now to defend our 27 members who are members of the State Assembly,” he stated.

He also appealed to FCT Minister Nyesom Wike to come to the assistance of the party in the state.

“I have wooed him personally; we have told him publicly to come over and help us. He is a political juggernaut not just in Rivers but in Nigeria at large.

“He is a force, and that is why we won the presidential election after losing the three senatorial seats and all the State House of Assembly members,” Mr Okocha said.

Fusions:
I pity for this Fubara. He might have misfired

Fusions:
I pity for this Fubara. He might have misfired

KillIgbohoN0W:
Mr Okocha said the party would do everything possible to protect the 27 Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lawmakers who defected to the APC.




Source: Peoples Gazette
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Fusions:
I pity for this Fubara. He might have misfired

dangermouse:
Watching the impunity as it unfolds. How can the 27 law makers be loyal to an ex governor and not the elected governor they are serving under?

It is grow and undemocratic.

Woke should let Fubara focus on governance as the elected governor of the state. He has had his days and time to let go.

Greed and selfishness is not good.

dangermouse:
Watching the impunity as it unfolds. How can the 27 law makers be loyal to an ex governor and not the elected governor they are serving under?

Tjra:
Anybody IPOBdients support always lose. Fubara is a gonna.

Fusions:
I pity for this Fubara. He might have misfired

Fusions:
I pity for this Fubara. He might have misfired

ahaz:

God will surely purnish you and your types for always looking fir means to associate others with what does not concern them..you Yoruba demons will never know peace as long as God in heaven is still existing.

Fusions:
I pity for this Fubara. He might have misfired

Splashme:


Oga, pity yourself.
Fubara will finish his first four years.

All these agbadorian Yorubas sef
.

Fusions:
I pity for this Fubara. He might have misfired

Floky215:


They all think everywhere is like like lagos where druggy bought all of them with a plate of amala...!!

Tsolutionifede:
it is true, anyone igbos support always end up as a failure

koboko69:
He shouldn't have demolished the assembly complex, if higher courts determine that those house of reps members decamped cos of division in PDP, that can be grounds of impeachment.

Floky215:


They decamped they simply lose their seat...demolishing the complex can be on any ground...hewrdnit was set ablse before...the governor simply say its suffering structural damages amd no fit to again amd hence the demolishing to pave way for a better one to be rebuilt...!!
Those decampees are useless now...no salary, no allowance and no going near government house now for anything...!!

Either way Fubara wins...!!