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The Rivers State Elders’ Council has kicked against the threat of impeachment against Governor Siminalayi Fubara by members of the state House of Assembly loyal to ex-governor Nyesom Wike.
The council said the 27 pro-Wike lawmakers who are drumming for the governors impeachment lacked the legitimacy to take any action because, according to the council, they had lost their seats by defecting from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress.
The 27 pro-Wike lawmakers had, on Sunday, threatened to revisit the impeachment proceedings against Fubara as a last resort to uphold the nation’s constitution.
The renewed impeachment threat came in the wake of a press briefing in Port Harcourt last week by a former PDP National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus, and members of the PDP Rivers State Presidential Campaign Council, where they declared support for Fubara and heavily knocked Wike, warning Tinubu to be wary of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory.
The Assembly Speaker, Martin Amaewhule, who read the text of a media briefing, accused Fubara of consistently acting outside the law despite being a signatory to the Abuja peace resolution superintended by Tinubu.
Amaewhule fumed that Fubara had shunned the part of the eight-point resolution that he should present the 2024 budget afresh to the 27 lawmakers.
The Speaker warned that the governor was treading on the brink of impeachment.
However, reacting to the threat, a member of the Rivers Elders’ Council and pioneer spokesman of the Pan Niger Delta Forum, High Chief Anabs Sara-Igbe, described the impeachment threat as mere ranting.
He stated, “Well we are appearing before the Court of Appeal on April 8, 2024. When we appear, then we will know where they are. They are only ranting because they are an illegitimate House of Assembly.
