Impeachment moves against Fubara will fail, and Epelle slams Wike over Rivers’ political crisis.
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Rivers-based activist, Jake Epelle on Thursday urged the minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, to abandon
any plans to impeach Governor Siminalayi Fubara asserting that such efforts would be unsuccessful.
Epelle made this statement on The Thursday Morning Brief, a program that aired on television channels.
The activist also cautioned the former governor against making further impeachment threats against Fubara.
He stated that Wike cannot promote peace while simultaneously encouraging his loyalists in the Martins Amaewhule-led legislature to pursue the governor’s impeachment.
‘‘Let them go and try impeachment, they will not succeed. Nobody will impeach Fubara. I say that openly on national television because he hasn’t committed any impeachable offence.
“Nobody will impeach him; the people are solidly behind him.
“Will anything happen if he is impeached? No; the Rivers people are not troublesome the way we are painted but we will stand behind him (Fubara) and stand behind democracy.
“If we don’t stem the tide of this chaos, it can happen to any other person. This threat of impeachment going round should stop,” he said.
Fubaraa was reportedly denied entry into the Rivers state House of Assembly quaters on Wednesday, where lawmakers currently hold plenary sessions.
The governor stated that he had informed Amaewhule about his visit but the Assembly claimed it had received no official communication regarding the matter.
Epelle criticized the Assembly for humiliating the governor and failing to prioritize peace. He also condemned Wike for escalating tensions with his impeachment threats against Fubara.
Epelle remarked
“Wike doesn’t have the constitutional power to impeach a governor. He can call for impeachment (but) he is not a member of the State Assembly.
“He has the right in his personal opinion to call for his (Fubara’s) impeachment but the people that will execute the impeachment are members of the State Assembly. Is there anybody beating the drum for the masquerade that is dancing? Of course, there is.
“I was told that at the point that the governor was coming to the gate, they (assembly members) received a call from Abuja (whoever made that call, I don’t know), that they shouldn’t see the governor.”
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