APC Gives Update on Location 27 Rivers Lawmakers Hold Plenary After Assembly Demolition
- Rivers APC has given an update regarding the activities of the lawmakers whose seats were declared vacant
- The chairman of the Rivers APC caretaker committee, Tony Okocha, maintained that the lawmakers can hold their session anywhere as long as the mace is still in their possession
- This is as he justified the 27 lawmakers' defection to the APC, alleging Governor Fubara was the mastermind of the Assembly demolition
Legit.ng journalist Esther Odili has over two years of experience covering political parties and movements.
The chairman of the Rivers APC committee, Chief Tony Okocha, said the embattled 27 members of the House of Assembly do not need the demolished House of Assembly complex or a physical structure to carry out their duties.
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Okocha made this assertion when he led a delegation to the national headquarters of the APC in Abuja on Thursday, December 14.
Recall that the 27 lawmakers loyal to the minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, recently defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the APC.
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Citing the internal crisis within the PDP as the reason for their action.
A faction of the House of Assembly loyal to the state governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has since declared their seats vacant.
However, addressing newsmen on Thursday, Okocha, reiterated that for as long as the mace is present in their midst, the majority of legislators can meet to deliberate anywhere.
Okocha, an ally of Wike, also justified the defection of the House of Assembly members, their action was not an aberration.
He said:
“The House of Assembly can be moved to anywhere. It is not necessarily down to a building. Provided the mace is present there, members can sit anywhere. As of this morning, the 27 lawmakers met and even signed some resolutions.
“Even when the building was burnt, the governor never bothered to set up a panel or committee to investigate. We know he was the mastermind."
Rivers crisis: "Tinubu’s move to reconcile Wike, Fubara has collapsed" - APC
Earlier, Legit.ng reported that Rivers APC chieftain, Tony Okocha, disclosed that President Tinubu's peace move to reconcile Wike and Fubara has collapsed as the crisis in the state has continued to fester.
Okocha said the APC was wooing Wike to defect to the party, stressing that as soon as he became a member of the APC, he would become the party’s leader in the state.
Falana speaks on Rivers lawmakers whose seats were declared vacant
Also, Legit.ng reported earlier that Human Rights lawyer Femi Falana (SAN) weighed in on the crisis rocking the Rivers state assembly.
The foremost constitutional lawyer said the Rivers state lawmakers whose seats were declared vacant were unexposed to sound legal advice.
Falana made this assertion in an interview on Channels Television's Politics Today on Wednesday, December 13.
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