Esther Salifu
The All Progressives Congress Party (APC) has said the group is not calling for the impeachment of Governor Fubara.
The party noted that Governor Siminalayi Fubara is actively and vehemently precipitating his own impeachment, with his action conduct and infantile comment.
The National Publicity Secretary of APC Felix Morka further stated that
Governor Fubara cannot abrogate the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
“He cannot be the Governor and at the same time attempting to impose an illegal 3-man House of Assembly. This Executive lawlessness is at the extreme.
Governor Fubara’s quest to repudiate the Constitution and govern in denial of the existence of the state legislature is, in and of itself, among other grounds, an impeachable offense”, he said.
Morka strongly counsel Governor Fubara to submit himself to the dictates of the Constitution and the rule of law.
“In any and all contests between Governor Fubara and the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Constitution shall prevail, always. The good people of Rivers state deserve so much more than the seemingly unending feud.”
He further added that his declaration that the House of Assembly is nonexistent is based on the fact that the 27 members who decamped from PDP to APC have lost their seats then Governor Fubara is sorely misled.
“To be clear , the 27 Assembly members did not lose their membership of the Assembly by virtue of their decampment. There is nothing homeostatic about Section 109(1) (g) of the constitution. It is not self-executing. The proviso to the said section , established exceptional grounds to the applicability of section 109 (1) (g) states: A member of the House of Assembly shall vacate his seat in the House”, he said.
