You’ll be impeached and heaven will not fall — Wike tells Fubara
Former governor of Rivers State, Mr. Nyesom Wike, has said heaven will not fall if the Martins Amaewhule-led House of Assembly impeaches the current governor of the State, Siminalayi Fubara.
He said this during a media parley on Wednesday.
Wike, who is the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), said there is nothing wrong if the lawmakers decide to sack Fubara for alleged impeachable offences including withholding their salaries for months.
He said, “If you have committed an offence to be impeached, what’s wrong? Is it a criminal offence? It’s provided in the constitution. Am I a member of the Assembly?
“If you have committed an infraction of the constitution and the Assembly deems it fit to say, you should be impeached.
“I have heard people say: ‘Oh, if they impeach him, there will be a breakdown of law and order’. Rubbish! Nothing will happen.”
Wike said if the Amaewhule-led House wasn’t disposed to peace, the Assembly would have gone on a six-month recess after the Supreme Court verdict.
He also dismissed the letter written to the Assembly by Fubara, saying he should have done better.
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Fubara was on Wednesday locked out of the temporary Rivers State House of Assembly complex along Aba Road in Port Harcourt, where he was scheduled to re-present the 2025 budget.
He arrived at the Assembly complex with his entourage but met the entrance gate locked.
Governor Fubara stated that he had notified the Speaker, Martins Amaewhule, of his intention to re-present the budget through a formal letter.
He added that efforts to reach the Speaker by phone since Tuesday had been unsuccessful.
The lawmakers had earlier given the governor a 48-hour ultimatum to re-present the budget, which had initially been passed by a four-member faction of the Assembly loyal to him.
In their resolution, signed by the Speaker, the lawmakers stated, “Pursuant to the order of the Supreme Court in Suit No. SC/CV/1174/2024, which calls for the stoppage of Statutory Federal allocations to the Rivers State Government and the halting of spending from the Consolidated Revenue Fund of Rivers State until an Appropriation Bill is passed, you are requested to present the 2025 Appropriation Bill to the House in accordance with the provisions of the 1999 Constitution as amended. The House expects you to present the 2025 Appropriation Bill within 48 hours.”
