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The Rivers state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has described as unfortunate the planned impeachment of Governor Siminalaye Fubara by the Rivers State House of Assembly.
In a statement on Thursday, the APC spokesman in Rivers state, Darlington Nwauju said while it accepts that the legislature is an independent arm of government, it does not mean that it should continue to use the threat of impeachment to harass the governor at any given opportunity.
Nwauju added that it is unacceptable that the legislature is trying to allow the hangover from the crisis that is rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to resurface in the APC.
“Our position as at today on this matter is that, we solemnly reject the resort to an impeachment process against our Governor and his deputy.
“It will be totally untenable for our party to keep quiet when an obvious hangover from strifes that occurred within the PDP are allowed to resurface in our great party.
“It is important to say to Rivers people and Nigerians that since the latest threat of impeachment centers on the budget, may we remind ourselves that under the period of emergency rule, a budget was transmitted to the National Assembly by the President and Commander-in-Chief in May 2025 which was approved by the Senate on 25 June 2025 and subsequently by the House of Representatives on July 22 2025 for a total sum of #1.485 trillion.
“Interestingly, this budget is for one year and should run uptil August 2026 and if the Governor is comfortable with the composition of the said budget, he may elect not to present any supplementary budget. Besides, the constitution allows for a six-months spending window into the new fiscal year by a state governor”.
The statement further advised the Assembly, especially the APC members to resist pressures from outsiders to destabilize the party.
“We therefore strongly advise all members of the Rivers State House of Assembly especially APC members, to resist pressures from outside the Assembly chambers to destabilize the Government of Rivers state ably led by His Excellency Sir Siminalayi Fubara.
“Let it be known that our party will do everything possible to ensure that the Government of Rivers State, which is an APC government, is not destabilized through fratricidal disagreements”.
The ruling party urged its members in the Assembly to immediately discontinue the impeachment process inorder not to drag the image of the party to the mud.
