A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Paul Ananaba, has cleared the air that there is no law in existence restricting the Rivers State Governor, Siminialayi Fubara, from visiting the State House of Assembly quarters.
Recall that Governor Fubara recently made an unscheduled visit to the Rivers State Assembly quarters, which houses the lawmakers led by Martin Amaewhule.
The move has sparked debates among stakeholders, with some lawmakers suggesting that Fubara had a hidden agenda for the visit.
However, the legal luminary explained that the Governor’s actions did not violate any laws of the land.
“That facility is a government facility. I don’t know anything in the law that stops the governor from going to visit the residential quarters,” he said on Friday’s edition of Channels Television’s The Morning Brief.
Amaewhule who is the speaker of a group of lawmakers had alleged that Fubara’s visit was part of the governor’s plot to demolish the assembly quarters.
He accused Fubara of violating a court order and insisted that the assembly quarters is sturdy and did not need renovation. According to him, the governor was not invited for the visit.
Despite Amaewhule’s concerns, Ananaba believes there is no cause for alarm. He, however, said “the problem is when the witch cries in the night and a child dies in the morning, there is always the feeling that it is that witch that cried in the night that killed the child.
“I know that on a good day that [Fubara’s visit] would not have been an issue. The speaker is just entertaining some fears and I am sure the governor will not go to demolish [the structure]. If he demolishes, it is Rivers’ money he would use,” the SAN argued.
