Various stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress, APC, on Friday, stormed the national Secretariat of the party in Abuja, demanding urgent National Assembly intervention in Rivers State’s escalating political crisis.
The stakeholders comprising Civil society organisations, media professionals, and leaders called on the federal lawmakers to invoke Section 11(4) of the Constitution to assume the Rivers State House of Assembly’s functions, citing the assembly’s “total loss of credibility and legitimacy.”
During the protest, the groups lambasted the assembly’s impeachment push against Governor Siminalayi Fubara, describing it as a reckless abuse of power threatening democracy.
“The Rivers State House of Assembly has lost all credibility due to persistent abuse of legislative powers and a desperate impeachment plot,” they said.
Speaking to newsmen, the APC Leaders Forum spokesperson, Eze Chukwuemeka, said: “This is no longer oversight—it’s a vendetta to destabilise governance. Silence now is complicity!”
According to the Coordinator of the Civil Society group, Comrade Blessing Ibama: ”No shred of evidence shows gross misconduct by Governor Fubara—the allegations are pure political fiction.”
The stakeholders accused 27 lawmakers loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, led by Martins Amaewhule of fueling the crisis.
They alleged that the lawmakers collected humongous money running to million for constituency funds, luxury SUVs, and a year’s advance salary per lawmaker.
The protesters vowed to sustain action until the National Assembly acts.