A pro-democratic group, The Peoples Congress, has alleged that the factional Rivers State House of Assembly, loyal to Minister Nyesom Wike, is plotting to destabilize the state.
In a statement, the group’s president, Dr. Nicholas Udenta, accused the lawmakers of vendetta and plots against the government and people of Rivers State.
The group condemned the lawmakers’ call for the arrest of Caretaker Committee Chairmen of Local Governments, describing it as a call for anarchy, according to Independent.
Udenta stated that the lawmakers are bitter about losing their membership of the Rivers State Assembly due to their defection from the PDP to the APC.
He urged law enforcement agencies to disregard the lawmakers’ call and instead consider arresting them for attempting to incite anarchy in the state.
“It’s obvious that Martin Amaewhule and his co-travellers are still brooding the lost of their membership of the the Rivers State Assembly following their defection from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress.
“They have themselves to blame; they were aware of the position of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on defection of lawmakers before choosing to commit political suicides,” the statement said.
“The latest show of shame by these imposters, pretending to be lawmakers was their unlawful call for the Police to arrest the duly-constituted Caretaker Committee Chairmen and members in Rivers State.
“The world knows that after the expiration of the tenure of the LGA Chairmen, the Governor Siminalayi Fubara’s administration constituted Caretaker Committees to man the affairs of the local governments pending the next election as any responsible government would have done.
“But in their usual nature of witch-hunting any progress made by the Fubara’s administration, the disgruntled former lawmakers are now shamelessly calling on the Nigeria Police to arrest the members of the duly-constituted Caretaker Committees,” the group said.
