Rivers APC accuses Fubara of plot to declare Assembly illegal

Wike responsible for Assembly’s actions, former media aide alleges

THE Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress ( APC) has alleged that Governor Siminalayi Fubara has connived with some judges to obtain a court injunction to declare the State House of Assembly ‘ illegal’ and stop them from further sitting.

The party alleged that the governor’s alleged move was to enable him to appoint local council caretaker committee chairmen after the expiration of the tenure of the current chairmen in June this year.

Speaking, yesterday, in Port Harcourt, the Caretaker Committee Chairman of APC, Tony Okocha, vowed that the party will vehemently resist the governor if he proceeds with the court injunction, stating that APC, as an opposition, will not allow anyone to turn the state into a place of caricature and anarchy.

Okocha, who is a close ally to the Minister of Federal Capital Territory ( FCT), Nyesom Wike, noted that Fubara’s action is against President Bola Tinubu ‘ s peace pact, saying that the governor cannot claim to have respect for the President, while, at the same time, disobeying him.

Okocha, however, absolved Wike from accusations of being behind the growing political crisis in the state, saying: “Wike is an independent person; he has no hand in whatever is happening between the legislature and the executive arms of the state government.” In contrast, a former Senior Special Assistant on Media to former Wike, Opunabo Inko- Tariah, said that the unabated political crisis in the state was because Wike has failed to acknowledge that he is no longer the governor of the state.

He said: “Wike sees himself as a demi- god; he doesn’t like people to challenge him. This is unfortunate because he is approaching his political retirement.”