The Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has known as for the quick resignation of the occasion’s Nationwide Publicity Secretary, Mr. Felix Morka.
The state department accused the nationwide officer of undermining legitimate court docket rulings and pushing a “harmful partisan narrative” that fuels the political instability within the state.
In a strongly worded assertion launched on Tuesday, the State Publicity Secretary, Darlington Nwauju, criticized Morka’s current feedback throughout a nationwide tv interview.
The controversy facilities on Morka’s remarks concerning the transfer by the State Home of Meeting to question Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his deputy, Prof. Ngozi Odu.
Throughout an look on TVC’s Past Headlines program, Morka said that the occasion would reveal its stance on the impeachment on the acceptable time.
Nevertheless, he drew the ire of the state chapter when he referred to Nwauju as “…an official of the outdated exco, saying he doubts if he’s nonetheless half of the present exco…”
The Rivers APC expressed deep concern over what it described as Morka’s “steady ridicule, disrespect and disrespect for lawful court docket rulings.”
The occasion argued that such feedback from a nationwide officer solid pointless doubt on the authority of the legally acknowledged state government.
Nwauju pointed to particular judicial choices, together with Go well with No. PHC/3592/CS/2023 and Go well with No. 3859/CS/2024. These rulings nullified the earlier dissolution of the state executives elected in October 2021 and invalidated the next November 2023 congress.
Furthermore, the occasion maintains that these court docket orders affirm Nwauju because the genuine and solely spokesperson for the APC in Rivers State.
The assertion additional asserted: “Morka has misplaced the ethical excessive floor to proceed to behave as a nationwide officer of our nice occasion.” The state department warned that his “deceptive narrative is just too harmful to be ignored by any true member of our occasion praying for the APC to mobilise and win elections honest and sq. in Rivers State.”
Accusations have been additionally leveled in opposition to Morka for allegedly making an attempt to “launder the picture” of people who aren’t members of the occasion whereas displaying open disregard for Governor Fubara.
The state chapter notably referred to Fubara because the “undisputed chief of the APC within the state,” following his high-profile defection.
Moreover, the Rivers APC has petitioned the Nigerian Bar Affiliation and the Authorized Practitioners Privileges Council to analyze Morka’s conduct.
They alleged that his televised remarks have been a calculated try to wreck the status of the authorized occupation and undermine the dignity of the courts.
“Morka’s poor angle to the collective well-being and curiosity of our occasion leaves each a black eye and bitter style on the lips of occasion faithfuls throughout Rivers State and past,” the assertion added.
In a direct warning to the state’s judiciary, the occasion urged Chief Choose Justice Simeon Amadi to not act on the January 16, 2026, resolutions of the State Home of Meeting.
They described the legislative push for impeachment as an tried “coup d’état” and argued that the present management construction underneath the nationwide chairmanship of Alhaji Umar Ganduje is constructed on a “defective basis” that won’t stand up to authorized scrutiny.
Nevertheless, the management in Rivers urged the brand new nationwide workforce, led by Prof. Nentawe Yilwada and Senator Ajibola Bashiru, to intervene and stop a repeat of the inner crises that crippled the occasion throughout the 2019 elections.
In a associated growth, Politics Nigeria earlier reported that the Rivers State Home of Meeting, led by Speaker Martin Amaewhule, just lately voted to proceed with the impeachment of Governor Fubara after 4 lawmakers reversed their earlier determination to hunt a political answer.
This legislative transfer has since been met with a contemporary interim injunction from a Rivers State Excessive Courtroom, which at present bars the Chief Choose from constituting an investigative panel.