Rivers Impeachment Crisis: PDP Governors Summon Emergency Meeting in Abuja
- Sections of the state Assembly were burnt as 24 lawmakers made moves to impeach Governor Siminalayi Fubara
- In less than 24 hours, the Rivers governor sacked his chief of staff and 23 local government chairmen in Rivers state
- Fubara also dissolved the state executive council, changed the speaker of the Rivers state House of Assembly and suspended the chief judge of Rivers state
Legit.ng journalist Esther Odili has over two years of experience covering political parties and movements
FCT, Abuja - The governors under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have summoned an emergency meeting to address the political war between the governor of Rivers state, Siminalayi Fubara, and his predecessor, the minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike.
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Legit.ng gathered that the meeting would be held on Tuesday, October 31, 2023, at Akwa Ibom State Governor’s Lodge, Asokoro, Abuja, by 3:00 p.m.
As reported by Daily Independent, the PDP Governors’ Forum is holding an emergency meeting to avert political chaos in Rivers state.
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Why PDP is calling for an emergency meeting explained
Speaking on the development, a PDP-GF member, who pleaded anonymity, said:
“As a Forum (PDP-GF), we must act fast to ensure that this crisis doesn’t go out of hands as such will not be to the benefit of anybody.”
The source also disclosed that the November 11 governorship elections in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi states and other issues of national importance will be discussed at the meeting, The Nigerian Tribune reported.
Who Wike plans to install as Rivers governor
Earlier, Legit.ng reported that the leader of the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), Chief Edwin Clark, accused Nyesom Wike of plotting to replace Governor Fubara with another Ikwerre man.
Clark said Wike plans to impeach Fubara, force his deputy, Professor Ngozi Odu, to resign and install the speaker of the House of Assembly as Rivers governor.
This was contained in a statement issued by the elder statesman on Monday, October 30.
Fubara reacts to impeachment plot
The governor insisted he had not committed any offence to warrant impeachment by the members of the Rivers state House of Assembly.
Fubara, who assured the people of the state of getting the dividends of democracy, said he would speak on the matter at the appropriate time.
Source: Legit.ng
