Resign or be impeached, Rivers APC orders Fubara

Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has been urged to resign within 48 hours or face impeachment.

The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) gave the order in Port Harcourt on Monday, warning that if the governor refuses to resign, he will be impeached. The party cited several impeachable offenses against him as outlined by the Supreme Court judgment, including running a government with only 12.5 percent of State Assembly members, issues regarding budget presentation, and local government elections.

The state chairman of APC, Tony Okocha, also described the governor’s invitation to the State House of Assembly via a letter signed by the Secretary to the State Government as ‘absurd’ and ’embarrassing.’

According to Okocha, the current political situation in the state does not warrant a meeting of ‘connivance,’ as outlined in the governor’s letter to the lawmakers, but strictly business.

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He said it is unnecessary to ask the assembly members to come and discuss their sitting venue in the meeting, questioning whether the lawmakers have not been sitting all this while. He added that the budget is not an issue for discussion but an action to be implemented.

The APC chairman stated that the governor is already sitting on a ‘keg of gunpowder,’ asserting that they had warned him, but he rebuffed their advice, claiming he has the ‘red biro.’ “Where is the ‘red biro’ now?” Okocha stated.

Meanwhile, the Martins Amaewhule-led House of Assembly resumed sitting this morning, and The Guardian has learned that some of the key issues on the agenda include declining the governor’s invitation, budget presentation, and questioning members of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC), among others.

With the current developments, the political crisis rocking Rivers State is far from ending anytime soon.