Governor Sim Fubara of Rivers State on Monday lashed out at members of the Rivers State House of Assembly, saying they do not exist.
Fubara said the Peace Accord he signed with his predecessor,
Minister of the Federal Capital Terrritory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, was political,
hence he can derecognize them as lawmakers.
He spoke while addressing a delegation of political and
traditional leaders from Bayelsa State who visited him at the Government House
in Port Harcourt, the state capital, to seek an end to the political crisis in
Rivers State and an improved relationship between both states.
Fubara said the lawmakers are existing based on his
recognition predicated on the Peace Accord initiated by Tinubu.
He said: “Those group of men who claim that are Assembly
members are not Assembly members, they are not existing. I want it to be on
record. I accepted that Peace Accord to give them a floating.
“That is the truth. There was nothing in that Peace Accord
that’s a constitutional issue; it’s a political solution to a problem.
“And I accepted it because these were people that were
eating in my house, these were people I have helped pay their children’s school
fees when I wasn’t even a governor. So, what is the thing there?
“We might have our division but I believe that one day, we
could also come together but it has gotten to a time when I have to make a
statement that they are not existing.
“Their existence is me allowing them to exist. If I
de-recognise them, they are nowhere. I want you to see the sacrifice I have
made in allowing peace to reign in our state.”
Fubara and Wike have been at loggerheads since he assumed
office as governor.
The face-off led to some lawmakers defecting from the
Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the All Progressives Congress.
To ensure peace, Tinubu had ordered both factions to sign a
peace deal which included recognizing the aggrieved state lawmakers loyal to
Wike.
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