By Austin Ogwuda
THE leadership of the All Progressives Congress, APC in Rivers State, Nigeria, says that the embattled State governor Siminalayi Fubara has already caught his nose to spit his face by publicly acclaiming that he has been operating as a governor with an illegally-constituted State House of Assembly.
Recall that on Monday, Fubara had declared, for the first time since the commencement of the crisis, that the APC lawmakers do not exist in the eyes of the Law thus sparking another round of resentment in Wike’s camp with 27 APC controlled State Assembly members on his (Wike) side.
Addressing a press conference on Tuesday in Port Harcourt, the Caretaker Committee Chairman of the Rivers State APC, Chief Tony Okocha said “He (governor) has re-written the books. Elementary politics taught us there are three organs of government and their roles. And goes further to talk about the separation of powers and checks and balances.
“What the governor was implying clearly is that he is ruling Rivers State without Laws. That Rivers State runs an Executive arm and Judiciary. So, what that implies is simply absurdity.
“You can now see the tendencies of a dictator. As an opposition party in Rivers State, we will not keep quiet, we will shout. Regrettably, the governor has taken up to this point and we will not take it.
“The governor said that the President’s intervention in Rivers State which he signed was not constitutional but a political solution. But he assented to it, not under duress.
“The agreement was signed in a friendly environment and the governor assented to the proclamation and had the opportunity to speak where he thanked Mr President”, said Okocha.
