Two members of the Rivers State Home of Meeting have withdrawn their assist for the continued impeachment course of in opposition to Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his deputy, Ngozi Odu, urging their colleagues to hunt a political answer somewhat than pursue elimination from workplace.
The lawmakers, Sylvanus Enyi Nwankwo, representing Omuma State Constituency and the Minority Chief of the Meeting, alongside Peter Abi of Degema State Constituency, made their place identified in a video seen on Monday.
Within the video, the legislators appealed to members of the Meeting to mood justice with mercy and discover an amicable decision to the disaster rocking the state legislature.
“Good afternoon, gents of the press. My title is Honorable Sylvanus Enyi Nwankwo. I characterize Omuma State constituency on the Rivers State Home of Meeting,” Nwankwo stated.
“And I’m additionally the Minority Chief of the tenth Meeting. My title is Honorable Peter Abi. and I characterize Degema State constituency within the Home of Meeting.”
Addressing the impeachment discover already issued in opposition to the governor and his deputy, the lawmakers stated they convened the press briefing to formally attraction to their colleagues.
“Gents, you might be all conscious that the Rivers State Home of Meeting issued a discover of impeachment on the Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, and the Deputy Governor of Rivers State,” they stated.
“However now we have referred to as this press convention to attraction to our fellow colleagues to dampen justice with mercy, and to see how we are able to resolve this matter other than impeachment proceedings.”
They disclosed that stress from elders and leaders inside and out of doors Rivers State knowledgeable their choice to step again from the impeachment transfer.
“Having listened to so many pleas and calls from our elders and leaders, each inside and out of doors the state, begging for leniency, we’re calling on our colleagues to rethink our step and see how this matter could be resolved amicably, regardless that the Governor and the Deputy Governor have infringed on the Structure,” the lawmakers stated.
Reiterating their place, they acknowledged alleged constitutional infractions however careworn the necessity for restraint.
“Because the Minority Chief stated, the Governor, sure, he has infringed on components of the Structure, however we’re human beings, and we as members of the tenth Meeting need to plead with our colleagues to please rethink,” they added.
The lawmakers additional famous that appeals had come from distinguished figures throughout the state and past, warning in opposition to irreversible political actions.
“We’ve acquired calls from leaders, from folks in Rivers State and out of doors Rivers State, and we see that you just don’t increase the axe and sweep it as you increase it,” they stated.
They, nevertheless, insisted that Governor Fubara should additionally take accountability by making certain strict adherence to constitutional provisions going ahead.
“So we plead with our colleagues to rethink, to please rethink, offered the Governor too has a job to play. He should be certain he doesn’t infringe additional on the Structure, in order that there could be an amicable settlement to the entire subject.”
The intervention by the 2 lawmakers comes amid heightened political rigidity in Rivers State, because the impeachment course of in opposition to Governor Fubara and his deputy continues to generate controversy and deepen divisions inside the Home of Meeting.