
Former Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike says there will be no crisis if the Martins Amaewhule-led House of Assembly impeaches his successor, Siminalayi Fubara.
Speaking at a media parley in Abuja on Wednesday, Wike, now Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), stated that the lawmakers have the right to remove Fubara over alleged impeachable offenses, including withholding their salaries for months.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) powerbroker said, “If you have committed an offence to be impeached, what’s wrong? Is it a criminal offence? It’s provided in the constitution. Am I a member of the Assembly?
“If you have committed an infraction of the constitution and the Assembly deems it fit to say, you should be impeached.
“I have heard people say: ‘Oh, if they impeach him, there will be a breakdown of law and order’. Rubbish! Nothing will happen.”
Wike said if the Amaewhule-led House wasn’t disposed to peace, the Assembly would have gone on a six-month recess after the Supreme Court verdict. He rubbished the letter written to the Assembly by Fubara, saying he should have done better.