The Rivers state government has reacted to the call by caretaker committee chairman of the APC in the state, Tony Okocha for the Martin Amaewhule-led Assembly to begin impeachment proceedings against Gov. Sim Fubara.
Reacting, Rivers Commissioner for Information, Mr Joseph Johnson, said Okocha is not the Chairman of APC in the state.
According to him, the 27 lawmakers lost their seat the day they defected to another party
“In our jurisprudence the 27 lawmakers have lost their seat on the day they defected to another party that’s what the law says. The Constitution of federal Republic of Nigeria section 109 clearly stated that and it’s incontrovertible. The law says you cannot put something on nothing.
“There is nothing at all to even put on something. The Rivers State House of Assembly does not exist, they are none existent. The governor said yesterday that they does not exist but out of his magnanimity has allowed them he even gone further to draw them closer but it does not appear that they don’t understand,” he said.
