The Rivers State caucus in the House of Representatives has disowned one of its members, Hon. Dumnamene Deekor as its leader and spokesman, saying he was never instructed to speak on behalf of the caucus.
The caucus in a statement signed by its leader, Awaji-Inombek D. Abiante, dismissed a statement credited to the lawmaker in which he on behalf of the caucus, called for the sanctioning of the coordinator of the G-60 lawmakers in the House of Representatives, Ikenga Ugochinyere over his alleged meddling in Rivers politics.
Abiante said the leadership of the Rivers caucus in the House has always been based on seniority, adding that a second term lawmaker cannot lead the caucus when there are more senior lawmakers.
He explained that the concerned lawmaker, Dum Deekor is aware of the fact that every member of the House has the right to comment on any issue affecting any part of the country as they have sworn to defend the integrity of Nigeria.
“While we wouldn’t stand against the popular phrase: ‘Everybody is entitled to his opinion’, we refused to collectively accede to Dum Deekor’s self-serving stands as he has never been elected by the Rivers State Caucus to speak on our behalf.
“It is a trite knowledge and backed by precedence that the leadership of the Rivers State Caucus in the House of Representatives and the National Assembly are based on seniority. Hon Dum Deekor being a second term lawmaker cannot arrogate to himself the position of caucus leader in the midst of 3rd and 4th term lawmakers.
The caucus urged the public to discountenance the statement made by the lawmaker.
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