The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State has asked the 27 members of the House of Assembly loyal to Nyesom Wike, Minister of Federal…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State has asked the 27 members of the House of Assembly loyal to Nyesom Wike, Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), to commence impeachment procerding against Governor Similanayi Fubara.

Caretaker Committee Chairman of APC in the state, Chief Tony Okocha, made the call at a press conference in Port Harcourt, on Tuesday.

He said the governor has committed so many impeachable offences, hence the need to commence his impeachment process.

Okocha said the Nigeria constitution recognized the three arms of government such as the Executive, Judiciary and Legislative, saying the governor has no constitutional power to declare duly elected members of the state Assembly non-existent.

He said, “We have directed members of the Rivers State House of Assembly to commence the impeachment process of a comatose government.

The Governor’s head has become bigger than his pillow. He does not respect the law. He does anything he cares to do. We will not sit here as Rivers people to see Rivers State become a laughing stock in the comity of states, when we have a Governor who does not know his left from his right.

“A state as crucial and all important as Rivers State churned out a dunderhead. We cannot accept that. Our charge to the Assembly is to immediately commence an impeachment. And if they don’t do that there is what they call party discipline. We shall invoke the relevant section of the constitution.


“You know the history of politics. You know the constitution of Nigeria. The Governor said the Assembly members do not exist, that whatever thing they are doing is because he allowed them. In other words he has re-written the books. Elementary politics taught us the three organs of government and their roles. And goes further to talk about the separation of powers and checks and balances. Now what the Governor was implying clearly is that he is ruling Rivers State without laws.

“That Rivers State runs on executive arm and judiciary. So what that implies is simply absurdity. You can now see the tendencies of a dictator. As an opposition party in Rivers State, we will not keep quiet, we will shout. It is regrettable that the Governor has taken up to this point and we will not take it. The Governor was clear whether unambiguous in his deliberate attempt to denigrate the person of Mr President.

“All these while he has been sponsoring people to challenge the power of the President in the proclamation made by the President. The Governor said that the President’s intervention in Rivers State which he signed was not constitutional but a political solution. But he assented to it, not under duress. The agreement was signed in a friendly environment and the Governor assented to the proclamation and had the opportunity to speak where he thanked Mr President. So nobody forced him to sign the proclamation, he did it willingly. So at what point did the governor realize that the resolution was a political matter?

“The issue again to ask is each of those items for us to drive this home. Nine Commissioners resigned and they were brought back. Then you now began to talk about constitutional issues when the President advised you not to interfere in the funding of the State Assembly. Another area of the Constitution which the President delved into was the conduct of local government elections and the representation of the budget. Among these issues raised, which of these is the Governor talking about that is not constitutional?.

“What section of the constitution empowers the Governor to declare the Assembly non-existent? The role of the Governor is proclamation of the Assembly which is done once in four years. The constitution doesn’t allow him for quarterly proclamation of the Assembly. He dissolved the House and proclaimed the Assembly at the end of the tenure of the Assembly. Mind you the Assembly we are talking about is a representative of the people, they were duly elected. They are not his appointees. So where did the Governor derive his powers to say that the Assembly is non-existent.

“Meanwhile records are there about the correspondences between the Governor and the Assembly wherein he addressed Martin Amaewhule as the Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly. We want this to be on record as the Chairman of the APC in Rivers State, as the representative of Mr President, we won’t sit here to see the Governor declare on his own as if he is in court.

“He has become Daniel, who is sitting in judgement to declare the Assembly members’ seat vacant. To that extent in consultation with my party, we have directed and we are directing the Assembly members and as APC members who are in the Assembly to immediately commence the impeachment of Governor Sim Fubara.”

Reacting, Rivers Commissioner for Information, Mr Joseph Johnson, said Okocha is not the Chairman of APC in Rivers State.

“In our jurisprudence the 27 lawmakers have lost their seat on the day they defected to another party that’s what the law says. The Constitution of federal Republic of Nigeria section 109 clearly stated that and it’s incontrovertible. The law says you cannot put something on nothing.

“There is nothing at all to even put on something. The Rivers State House of Assembly does not exist, they are none existent. The governor said yesterday that they does not exist but out of his magnanimity has allowed them he even gone further to draw them closer but it does not appear that they don’t understand.”

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Democrazy and demonstration of craze

Clowns

Same Tony Okocha that Wike sent boys to his house to recover the official car he was trying to convert to his personal use in 2015, and he was everywhere crying from one radio station to the other in Port harcourt is the one doing the dirty job for the Man that nearly kill him 9 years ago... Shame on some people.

APC is overstretching their luck

COMRADES, which of the lawmakers? The ones who are operating illegally in Rivers State? Or which ones? As long as Rivers State is concerned today the state has only 4 or 5 legitimate lawmakers

like play like play,wike want to become landlord and creator of river state from oil.as druggie remains the landlord and creator of lagos state from the sea .

APC bandits.

Please, make laws don't sack law.

Do that and see the boys return to the creeks.

The Ijaws will see such as a direct war on them.

Greed is a disease without cure.. . Wike and his cohorts.....

🧐 🧐🧐🧐🧐 that guy talk too much

Fubara still dey soft with dis people

I think Wike will rather wait till his first tenure finishes and then he will deploy his foot soldiers to frustrate Fubara second term plan.

Make them try am if them get liver

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seanfer:
Same Tony Okocha that Wike sent boys to his house to recover the official car he was trying to convert to his personal use in 2015, and he was everywhere crying from one radio station to the other in Port harcourt is the one doing the dirty job for the Man that nearly kill him 9 years ago... Shame on some people.

That’s Nigerian politics for you lol

Rivers house of confusion.

Sounds interesting

Wike has to deliver Rivers State to APC to retain the trust of Tinubu and to remain relevant in politics...

Wike doesn't want to decamp to APC without being in control of rivers state treasury...

And that daft Fubara was romancing Amaechi

specialmati:
like play like play,wike want to become landlord and creator of river state from oil.as druggie remains the landlord and creator of lagos state from the sea .

That's what Peter Obi aspired to be before Obiano beat him like a thief.

Peter Obi is experienced in failure.

Try it and see Rivers boil

Fubara should consolidate his powers as governor and deal with these people boldly...

Melagros:
COMRADES, which of the lawmakers? The ones who are operating illegally in Rivers State? Or which ones? As long as Rivers State is concerned today the state has only 4 or 5 legitimate lawmakers

According to the rivers state government law
The law is on the side of the law makers
The legislative arm of government is independent of the executive.

E no concern majority of Nigerians, they just want to survive

hisexcellency34:
Try it and see Rivers boil

Shukudi types from under the bed where he usually hides every Monday.

Chief Tony Okocha, my advise to you is; Bury your head in shame!!! Spit on you shameless man, see how you've reduced yourself, who would thought hunger could bring a man like you to his kneels in this manner.

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