The Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have demanded that members of the House of Assembly resume impeachment proceedings against Governor Siminalayi Fubara.
Making this known during a Press Conference in Port Harcourt on Tuesday, the partyโs caretaker Chairman, Tony Okocha, said the party will not sit back and watch the governor insult President Bola Tinubu.
He further threatened that if the Assembly members failed to restart the impeachment proceedings against the governor, he would invoke Party discipline upon them.
โItโll be foolhardy for us to sit down and see someone way less than Mr President insult him under our very nose.
โIt is also an (sic) absurd(ity) to see the governor espouse impunity and intimidation on a people who are members of our political party, and we stand akimbo doing nothing.โ
Speaking further, Mr Okocha said, โAs representatives of Mr President we wonโt sit here and see the governor insult the President. We wonโt sit here to see the governor declare on his own as if heโs a court to declare Assembly membersโ seats vacant.โ
He further threatened that if the Assembly members fail to restart the impeachment proceedings against the Governor he would invoke Party discipline upon them.
โTo 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.
โAnd if they donโt do that, thereโs what they call Party discipline, and we shall invoke that section of the Constitution and deal decisively with them,โ he stated.
Fubara had on Monday criticised the attitude of the members of the Rivers State House of Assembly towards his administration, saying the membersย will cease to exist as legislators if he so decides.
He said the lawmakers are existing based on his recognition predicated on the Peace Accord initiated by President Bola Tinubu.
He said, โThose group of men who claim that are Assembly members are not Assembly members, they are not existing. I want it to be on record. I accepted that Peace Accord to give them a floating. That is the truth. There was nothing in that Peace Accord thatโs a constitutional issue; itโs a political solution to a problem. And I accepted it because these were people that were eating in my house, these were people I have helped paid their childrenโs school fees when I wasnโt even a governor. So, what is the thing there?
โWe might have our division but I believe that one day, we could also come together but it has gotten to a time when I have to make a statement that they are not existing. Their existence is me allowing them to exist. If I de-recognise them, they are nowhere. I want you to see the sacrifice I have made in allowing peace to reign in our state.โ
