1 week Ago By Chibuzo Ukaibe
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has warned that any attempt to impeach the Rivers State governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara will be firmly resisted. The party said it was delusional for the chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Mr. Tony Okocha, to issue a directive for Fubara’s impeachment.
The PDP told the Inspector General of Police that the subversive utterances of the APC chairman is capable of triggering crisis and derailing the Democratic Order in the country. The national publicity secretary of PDP, Hon Debo Ologungaba, said such reckless and unwarranted statement by the APC chairman exposes the party’s desperation. He said the APC chairman declaration shows the party’s arrogance and condescension for the people as well as its desperation to forcefully annex democratic rights under the Constitution.
Addressing a press conference in Abuja Ologungaba said, “In any event, the individuals that the Rivers State APC Chairman directed to commence impeachment proceedings against Governor Fubara are not legally members of the Rivers State House of Assembly and cannot contemplate or exercise such powers under the law. “These individuals, by virtue of Section 109 (1) (g) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended) have since vacated and lost their seats, rights, privileges, recognition and obligations accruable to members of the Rivers State House of Assembly after their defection from the PDP, the political Party .
