The Rivers State House of
Assembly has threatened to resume impeachment proceedings on Governor
Siminalayi Fubara for allegedly continuing the breach of the Nigerian
constitution.
Addressing journalists in Port Harcourt yesterday, speaker of the House, Rt Hon Martins Amaewhule, accused the governor of dishonesty.
Amaewhule, who was accompanied
by 26 members of the Assembly, read out a communique issued after the briefing.
The lawmakers accused the governor of refusing to hold up to his end of the Presidential Peace Accord which he “wilfully signed without coercion.”
“We begin by announcing to you
that sponsored attacks on the House has failed woefully. Enemies of the people
and those who cannot withstand the principles of the rule of law as well as
checks and balances in our nascent democracy, in their frustration, started
with the burning and later demolition of the Hallowed Chamber.
“Their plan is to eliminate the
legislature that is pushing for the independence granted her by the
constitution since they cannot exercise undue control over her. We survived
these attacks!
“The latest of the new groups
recruited against the 10th Assembly is the former Rivers State PDP Presidential
Campaign Council”.
“In a press conference on March
26, 2024 signed by Dr Abiye Sekibo, this group inferred that the House is an
illegal and unconstitutional Assembly.
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“Others in this group are the
likes of Rt. Hon. Austin Opara, Senator Lee Maeba and Prince Uche Secondus. Hon
Tamunosisi Gogo Jaja, Sir Celestine Omehia amongst others are among these
desperate politicians who left their houses and gathered under a canopy with
H.E. Atiku Abubakar and H.E. Ifeanyi Okowa’s pictures on a banner behind them
professing their new support for Mr. President and the Rivers State Governor.
“On the other hand, they derided the 10th Assembly who they are unhappy
with for joining the All Progressives Congress (APC) which incidentally is the
President’s Political Party. Worse still, they lied against and attacked the
FCT Minister who worked tirelessly for the victory of the President and the
Governor in Rivers State.
“In other words, they are
against those who defeated them and put them to shame by ensuring the victory
of the president and governor in the state, but they now subscribe’ to the
president and governor.”
“We are not surprised that they
are no more saying all the unprintable things against the president and the
governor because this is who they are. They now want to advise the president
and use unprintable words against the former governor of Rivers State – His
Excellency, Ezenwo Nyesom Wike.”
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