Security agents yesterday sealed off the Rivers
State House of Assembly Complex, along Moscow Road in Port
Harcourt, the Rivers
State capital.
The development may not be unconnected
with the rumours that there were plots by five members of the Assembly to
impeach the governor,
Mr. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, and the Speaker of the House,
Rt. Hon.
Otelemaba Daniel
Amachree.
with the rumours that there were plots by five members of the Assembly to
impeach the governor,
Mr. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, and the Speaker of the House,
Rt. Hon.
Otelemaba Daniel
Amachree.
When LEADERSHIP visited the area, an
armoured personnel carrier (APC) was stationed close to the entrance of
the complex, while stern looking security operatives, made up of men of the Nigeria Police and State Security Service (SSS)
were seen at the entrance of the Assembly.
armoured personnel carrier (APC) was stationed close to the entrance of
the complex, while stern looking security operatives, made up of men of the Nigeria Police and State Security Service (SSS)
were seen at the entrance of the Assembly.
Efforts to know who was behind the
seal-off of the complex proved abortive but a security agent, who pleaded
anonymity said the order to seal of the state-of-the-art edifice came from
above.
seal-off of the complex proved abortive but a security agent, who pleaded
anonymity said the order to seal of the state-of-the-art edifice came from
above.
He said the move was an attempt to avoid
the breakdown of law and order in theHouse following the suspension of 27
lawmakers by the factional leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
in the state.
the breakdown of law and order in theHouse following the suspension of 27
lawmakers by the factional leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
in the state.
The Speaker of the House of Assembly, Amachree had raised alarm
over plots by five members of the House to impeach him and the governor,
using a fake mace smuggled into the state by the Felix
Obuah –led executive
council of the PDP.
over plots by five members of the House to impeach him and the governor,
using a fake mace smuggled into the state by the Felix
Obuah –led executive
council of the PDP.
Meanwhile, The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
in Rivers yesterday denied any plan to impeach Amaechi.
The state Chairman of the party, Mr Felix
Obuah told journalist
in Port
Harcourtthat the allegation was frivolous and unfounded.
in Rivers yesterday denied any plan to impeach Amaechi.
The state Chairman of the party, Mr Felix
Obuah told journalist
in Port
Harcourtthat the allegation was frivolous and unfounded.
He said, “I’m a law abiding citizen of Nigeria;
I know that as a party chairman, I have no constitutional right to impeach a governor.
“We are not the legislature that checks the excesses of the executive, we have
no such plans because, we have come to unite the state and the party.”
I know that as a party chairman, I have no constitutional right to impeach a governor.
“We are not the legislature that checks the excesses of the executive, we have
no such plans because, we have come to unite the state and the party.”
Meanwhile, members of the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) and theNigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Rivers
State yesterday held a
special prayer session towards the success of the re-election of Amaechi,
as chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF).
State yesterday held a
special prayer session towards the success of the re-election of Amaechi,
as chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF).
Source:
Leadership
Leadership
