Governor Fubara Faces Impeachment As Rivers Assembly Takes Action
On Monday morning, the Rivers State House of Assembly initiated the impeachment process against the state governor,
As a result, the Assembly has instructed the House Clerk to deliver the impeachment notice to Governor Siminalaye Fubara.
It was earlier reported on Monday morning, that the Assembly removed the Majority Leader of the House, Hon. Edison Ehie, presumably as a precursor to the impeachment proceedings against the governor.
Governor Fubara personally visited the Assembly complex on Monday, where he addressed his supporters, asserting that he had not committed any impeachable offence justifying the action against him.
It is worth noting that the political turmoil in the state is believed to stem from a deteriorated relationship between the governor and his political mentor, who happens to be the former governor of the state and the current Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike.
Meanwhile, on Monday at a Press Briefing on the Situation in Rivers State Chief E. K. Clark, urged President Bols Tinubu to call the FCT Minister Nyesom Wike to order.
“I have been greatly disturbed by the reported developments in Rivers State in the last 24 hours. I have been reliably informed that there is a plot to unlawfully remove the Governor of Rivers State, His Excellency, Siminalaye Fubara, who has spent only about 5 months in office.
I understand the sad episode is being orchestrated by the immediate past Governor of Rivers State and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mr Nyesom Wike. And that the intention is to remove the Governor, force his deputy, Professor Ngozi Odu to resign, and install the Speaker of the House of Assembly, another Ikwerre person as the governor of the State.
Let me warn you strongly, we won’t allow that to happen!
President Bola Tinubu must call Nyesom Wike and the security agencies in Rivers State to order, to avert any untold crisis in Rivers State.
Last night, the hallowed chamber of the Rivers State House of Assembly was burnt, in what is part of the plot to destabilize the State.
The Governor was tear-gassed and was even threatened with being shot at when he visited the Assembly Complex after the incident, to assess the level of damage.
We are not in a barbaric state where people can do whatever they like; we are in a democracy and the tenets of constitutional democracy must be upheld by all
Rivers people have suffered enough political crises, the state should not be allowed to degenerate again into its dark past, and the Niger Delta Region by extension. The consequences would be dire for the stability of the region and the National Economy.
What has Governor Fubara done wrong? Refusing to be further “remote controlled”?
Mr. Nyesom Wike was Governor for 8 years, nobody hassled him. He governed Rivers State like an Emperor, he did not show any iota of respect and regard to anyone, not even those who imposed him on Rivers people in 2015.
President Tinubu must act fast and avert the unfolding crisis in Rivers State in the interest of his administration, the nation’s democracy, and the Country at large.
A WORD IS ENOUGH FOR THE WISE!
Signed:
Chief E. K. Clark, OFR, CON
National Leader, South-South/PANDEF
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