A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress and an erstwhile National Publicity Secretary of the defunct New Peoples Democratic Party, Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has called on President Bola Tinubu to as a matter of urgency, to advise the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, to desist from the plot to impeach the Governor of the State, Siminalaye Fubara.
Eze in a statement issued by him, told Tinubu “to prevail on Wike to curtail the excesses of the 27 lawmakers,” who he described “as the minister’s foot soldiers.”
The APC Chieftain who stated this following a fresh threat of impeachment against Fubara, issued by members of the State Assembly led by Marthin Amaewhule, said it was necessary at this point that Tinubu “calls Wike to order to save the situation of a perceptible breakdown of democratic institutions by the lawmakers” who, according to him, “are taking orders and prohibitions from the Minister.”
Governor Fubara had during the week, publicly stated that some Local Government chairmen in the state are showing him some levels of disrespect.
It would be recalled the battle of supremacy between the Governor and his political benefactor, Wike, has been the source of the political crisis in the State.
However, the Governor said the local government chairmen had dug pits they would fall into.
Fubara spoke directly to the Chairman, Ogba-Egbema-Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State, Vincent Job, while speaking during the commissioning of the Comprehensive Primary Healthcare Centre.
Some Local Government Chairmen in the State alongside the majority of the state assembly members had distanced themselves from Fubara-led state government functions, backing the Wike.
Speaking in a statement, Eze said it was weird for the lawmakers to issue impeachment threats to the Governor when there exists no trace of any verifiable infraction committed by the latter to warrant such an infamous proclamation.
He however urged the Governor to “remain focused in delivering democratic dividends to Rivers people and pays no heed to the antics of detractors who are hellbent on frustrating efforts of impacting the people with good governance.”