APC gives Rivers Governor Ultimatum to resign or face impeachment

Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has been urged to resign within 48 hours or face impeachment.

The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) gave the order in Port Harcourt on Monday, warning that if the governor refuses to resign, he will be impeached.

The party cited several impeachable offenses against him as outlined by the Supreme Court judgment.

Including running a government with only 12.5 percent of State Assembly members, issues regarding budget presentation, and local government elections.

The state chairman of APC, Tony Okocha, also described the governor’s invitation to the State House of Assembly via a letter signed by the Secretary to the State Government as ‘absurd’ and ’embarrassing.’

According to Okocha, the current political situation in the state does not warrant a meeting of ‘connivance,’ as outlined in the governor’s letter to the lawmakers, but strictly business.

He said it is unnecessary to ask the assembly members to come and discuss their sitting venue in the meeting, questioning whether the lawmakers have not been sitting all this while. He added that the budget is not an issue for discussion but an action to be implemented.

The APC chairman stated that the governor is already sitting on a ‘keg of gunpowder,’ asserting that they had warned him, but he rebuffed their advice, claiming he has the ‘red biro.’ “Where is the ‘red biro’ now?” Okocha stated.

Rivers has been enmeshed in political turmoil following the conflict between Fubara and Wike, the minister of the federal capital territory (FCT).

On February 28, the supreme court affirmed the judgment of a federal high court that barred the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the accountant-general of the federation from releasing statutory monthly allocations to Rivers state.

The apex court also ordered the Amaewhule-led faction and other elected members of the house to resume sitting.

The Amaewhule-led faction, comprising 27 lawmakers, is loyal to Wike.

The supreme court also nullified the local government election held in Rivers state on October 5, 2024.

Following the judgment, the lawmakers resumed sitting and requested the governor to present the 2025 appropriations bill for consideration.

In a letter dated March 7, 2025, and issued by the office of the secretary to the Rivers state government, Fubara invited the Amaewhule-led house of assembly members to a meeting at the government house in Port Harcourt, the state capital, on Monday.