Budget Ultimatum: Stop issuing orders to Fubara, opposition lawmakers warn Amaewhule-led Rivers Assembly

The coalition of opposition lawmakers has warned Rivers State’s sacked lawmakers to desist from issuing orders to the Governor of the state, Siminalayi Fubara, until their defection case is resolved.

This directive comes a few days after the Supreme Court passed a judgment in favor of the Amaewhule-led faction and ordered them to resume legislative activities.

The spokesperson for the coalition, Ikenga Ugochinyere, disclosed this in a statement on behalf of the group.

The lawmaker also issued a warning to other lawmakers of the Amaewhule-led faction, urging them to wait until their decampment case is resolved before issuing any orders.

On Monday, the political crisis in Rivers took an interesting turn when the state governor was given a 48-hour ultimatum to sign the 2025 budget.

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While speaking on this, Ugochinyere described the ultimatum as an act of desperation by the sacked lawmakers to seek recognition and undermine pending cases on their illegal defection.

“It’s laughable what an institution has been turned into. Imagine individuals whose legality of decampment is still in court directing a governor to submit the budget for legislative scrutiny and approval.

“For emphasis, the case challenging the illegality of the pro-Wike decampment is being heard at the Appeal Court, and we are surprised the Supreme Court would confer legitimacy on lawmakers whose decampment is still a subject of litigation.

“To the pro-Wike group, the sacked 27 lawmakers stand removed, having desecrated the Constitution and decamped from the peaceful PDP to the APC,” said Ugochinyere.