A group of federal lawmakers belonging to the opposition parties in the National Assembly known as the G60 have described the call for the impeachment of Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State as illegal.

According to the group, the move is a ridiculous, laughable, unconstitutional and nonsensical invitation to anarchy by 27 sacked lawmakers who ceased to be lawmakers after their illegal decampment and declaration of their seat vacant.

It will be recalled that the Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday ordered its members in the state House of Assembly to commence the impeachment process against Governor Siminalayi Fubara.

APC’s impeachment call is coming barely 24 hours after Governor Fubara said the House of Assembly led by sacked Speaker, Rt Hon Martin Amaewhule, is not recognised by law.

Reacting to the impeachment call, the Federal Lawmakers in a statement by its spokesperson, Hon. Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere noted that it’s political madness and legislative rascality, to ask House of Assembly members that do not exist before the eyes of the law to start the impeachment process against Gov. Fubara.

According to him, as long as the law is concerned, those 27 members of the Rivers State House of Assembly are no more lawmakers. Their seats have been declared vacant.

He frowned at the ongoing crisis in the state, wondering why they were so focused on burning the state down because they were pursuing a selfish agenda, which are state resources.

He urged the Governor of Rivers State to commence prosecution against the sacked lawmakers, using the magistrate court to arraign them for impersonation to restore sanity.

Ugochinyere hailed the governor for being focused and delivering on the democratic dividends for the Rivers people.

The statement partly read, “They can go as usual as they do and sit in a two-bedroom in Emohia or Abuja, receive some little stipends, and say they are impeaching the Governor. The so-called laws they amended, who have implemented them, governance is done based on constitutionalism, your seat is vacant, you are supposed to go through an election. Fubara’s government is focused and delivering on the democratic dividends for the Rivers people. Governance and democracy there’s nothing individualistic about it. It’s an institution, it’s people’s money.

“…The defected and sacked members don’t have the constitutional recognition to continue to perpetrate legislative rascality. They don’t have the recognition serve an impeachment notice or change procurement laws. They changed procurement law because governor awarded contract and paid almost 20 to 40%, and the contractors have moved to site.

“They now want to move mobilization fee to 5% so that there won’t be development in that state. But that was the same law the immediate past administration and the one before them used. It’s only a fool that will implement that so-called amendment. I urge the Governor of Rivers State to commence prosecution against these clowns using the magistrate court; arraign them for impersonation to restore sanity. Arrest them, and this madness will end,” it added. (Vanguard)

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