The caretaker committee of the Rivers State All Progressives Congress (APC), has called on the state house of assembly to remove Governor Siminalayi Fubara via impeachment.
The assembly dropped its notice to impeach Fubara in December after President Bola Tinubu interceded in the dispute between the governor and Nyesom Wike, the minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
Recall that the governor and the minister have been at loggerheads over who controls the heart of the state’s political system.
Addressing a press conference in Port Harcourt on Tuesday, Tony Okocha, chair of the APC in the state, accused the governor of “insulting” Tinubu.
“It’ll be foolhardy for us to sit down and see someone way less than Mr President insult him under our very nose,” he said.
“It is also an absurdity to see the governor espouse impunity and intimidation on people who are members of our political party, and we stand akimbo doing nothing.
“As representatives of Mr President we won’t sit here and see the governor insult the President. We won’t sit here to see the governor declare on his own as if he’s a court to declare Assembly members’ seats vacant.
“To that extent, in consultation with my party, we are directing APC members who are in the Assembly to immediately commence the impeachment of Governor Sim Fubara.
“And if they don’t do that, there’s what they call party discipline, and we shall invoke that section of the constitution and deal decisively with them.”
On Monday, Fubara expressed dismay over the attitude of the assembly members to his administration, adding that the lawmakers only exist because of him.
The governor added that he accepted the peace deal offered by Tinubu because it was a political solution to the rift.
In December, 27 Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) legislators in the Rivers assembly defected to the APC. The seats of 25 of the lawmakers were subsequently declared vacant.
