Stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Friday took their protest to the occasion’s nationwide secretariat in Abuja, calling for pressing intervention by the Nationwide Meeting within the deepening political disaster in Rivers State.
The group urged federal lawmakers to activate Part 11(4) of the 1999 Structure to take over the features of the Rivers State Home of Meeting.
In line with the APC group, the meeting not has the ethical or constitutional standing to function successfully.
The protesters, drawn from civil society organisations, media practitioners and occasion leaders, accused the Rivers Meeting of performing outdoors democratic norms. They claimed the lawmakers have decreased legislative oversight to a instrument for political persecution.
On the centre of their protest was the continued impeachment plot towards Governor Siminalayi Fubara. The stakeholders described the transfer as harmful, unconstitutional and able to destabilising governance within the oil-rich state.
In line with them, the meeting’s conduct quantities to a “whole lack of credibility and legitimacy,” particularly in gentle of latest political developments within the state.
“The Rivers State Home of Meeting has misplaced all credibility because of persistent abuse of legislative powers and a determined impeachment plot,” the group mentioned through the protest.
Talking on behalf of the APC Leaders Discussion board, Eze Chukwuemeka accused the lawmakers of pursuing a private agenda reasonably than performing within the curiosity of Rivers residents.
He warned that failure by the Nationwide Meeting to step in may additional harm Nigeria’s democratic establishments.
“That is not oversight—it’s a vendetta to destabilise governance. Silence now’s complicity!” Chukwuemeka mentioned.
Additionally addressing journalists, the coordinator of a civil society group, Comrade Blessing Ibama, dismissed the allegations towards the governor. She insisted there isn’t any factual foundation for claims of misconduct leveled towards Fubara.
”No shred of proof reveals gross misconduct by Governor Fubara—the allegations are pure political fiction,” Ibama said.
The stakeholders additional accused 27 lawmakers, allegedly loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, of engineering the disaster. The lawmakers are mentioned to be led by the Speaker, Martins Amaewhule.
They alleged that the legislators acquired enormous sums of cash working into tens of millions of naira. The claims embrace funds for constituency initiatives, luxurious SUVs and one 12 months’s wage paid prematurely to every lawmaker.
Nevertheless, the protesters warned that the state of affairs in Rivers State may spiral additional if decisive motion just isn’t taken. They vowed to maintain strain till the Nationwide Meeting intervenes and restores legislative order within the state.