PORT HARCOURT — The All Progressives Congress, APC, factions in Rivers State are at war over threat to impeach Governor Siminalayi Fubara.
While the faction led by Mr. Tony Okocha, recognised by the national leadership of the party warned Fubara to honourably resign from office or be disgraced out by impeachment, accusing him of multiple impeachable offences, the court-recognised leadership of the party in the state, loyal to former governor Rotimi Amaechi led by Chief Emeka Bekee has hit back at Okocha for daring to ask Governor Fubara to resign or be impeached.
This came as Governor Fubara, yesterday, that despite the ensuing political circumstances against his administration, Rivers people will emerge stronger eventually, urging the people to remain peaceful and law-abiding in the overall interest of the state.
Also, yesterday, Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Mr. Martins Amaewhule and the other 26 lawmakers shunned a peace meeting called by Fubara at Government House.
In another development, the Amaewhule-led state House of Assembly has made true its threat by issuing arrest warrant on the Chairman of Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, RSIEC, Justice Adolphus Enebeli and four other commissioners.
This came as another Commissioner of RSIEC, Ibierembo Thompson, has resigned as a member of the electoral body, citing the recent Supreme Court judgement on the conduct of the October 5, 2024, local government elections in the state.
Worried by the developments, a former governor of the state, Chief Rufus Ada-George has called on all the warring factions in the raging political crisis to sheathe their swords and refrain from inflammatory statements, unnecessary ultimatums and threats over peace of the state.
Resign honourable now or be impeached disgracefully, APC tells Fubara
The factional chairman of the APC, Mr. Tony Okocha, recognised by the national leadership of the party, who addressed newsmen in Port Harcourt, yesterday, said: “The APC remains the major opposition party in Rivers State, we are the voice of the voiceless. When we said Fubara is clueless, we were not joking. The evidence is clear.”
Okocha criticised Fubara’s recent invitation of the 27 lawmakers for a meeting, dismissing the planned meeting as inconsequential.
“The governor behaves like a puritan, but he’s a dangerous snake. His meeting agenda with the lawmakers is puerile. Is he inviting them to discuss the Supreme Court judgement? And why was the invitation letter signed by the Secretary to the State Government, SSG, instead of the governor himself? It’s an aberration.”
He insisted that the party will not stand idly by while the governor allegedly mismanages the state.
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