Rivers lawmakers’ defection plot to impeach Fubara – PDP chieftain

Anabs Sara-Igbe, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (APC) in Rivers State, has said that defection by the 27 members of the Rivers State House of Assembly is a plot to further the impeachment process of Governor Siminialayi Fubara.

Anabs Sara-Igbe stated this during an interview on Channels TV’s Politics Today.

On Monday, 27 out 32 members of the Rivers State Assembly defected from the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

But during the interview Sara-Igbe said, “Wike is not conveying President Tinubu’s order of peace in Rivers State. The governor is trying as much as possible to make peace by avoiding comments that will inflame the situation. But it is very obvious that the minister has been coming up with comments that are detrimental to peace.

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“The movement of these 27 members of the house to APC is a plot to ensure that they go ahead with the impeachment process. But they need to understand that they are the members of the House, but the state itself is more concerned with the development that is going on in the state. And we don’t want any action that will cause more problems for the state.”

However, a member of the state House of Assembly, George Alabo, said that the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyeson Wike, is still a member of the PDP.

He said that the lawmakers’ defection has nothing to do with Wike.

Alabo said, “We had a strong division in the PDP. Our action is in response to these divisions which the party leadership in the state has failed to address. We have the backing of our constituents. We have their votes. It’s about their future. Let us treat things in isolation. Wike is still a member of the PDP.”