Backdown Now: Rivers State APC Rejects Impeachment Move Against Governor Fubara

The All Progressives Congress (APC) faction in Rivers led by Emeka Beke has asked the state house of assembly to resist moves to “destabilise” the Siminalayi Fubara-led government.

The Rivers house of assembly commenced impeachment proceedings against Fubara and Ngozi Odu, his deputy, at plenary on Thursday.

Speaking during plenary, Martins Amaewhule, speaker of the Rivers house of assembly, accused Fubara and Odu of posing a threat to democracy.

In a statement on Thursday signed by Darlington Nwauju, spokesperson of the faction, said the party’s attention had been drawn to the “latest unfortunate developments” from the Rivers state house of assembly.

The party acknowledged that the legislature is an independent arm of government with constitutional powers of checks and balances.

The APC faction said it “solemnly reject[s] the resort to an impeachment process against our governor and his deputy”.

The faction said it would be untenable to remain silent while an “obvious hangover from strifes that occurred within the PDP” was allowed to resurface in the party.

The party said the impeachment threat was centred on the budget and recalled that during the period of emergency rule, an appropriation bill was transmitted to the national assembly in May 2025.

The faction said the budget, which totalled N1.485 trillion, was approved by the senate on June 25, 2025, and by the house of representatives on July 22, 2025.

The APC said the budget was designed to run for one year until August 2026. It added that if the governor was comfortable with the composition of the budget, he could decide not to present a supplementary budget.

The party said the constitution allows a six-month spending window into a new fiscal year by a state governor.

The APC urged members of the Rivers state house of assembly, especially those from the party, to resist “pressures from outside the assembly chambers to destabilise the government of Rivers state”.

The faction said the party would “do everything possible to ensure that the government of Rivers state, which is an APC government, is not destabilised through fratricidal disagreements”.

The party called on lawmakers, particularly APC members, to immediately discontinue the impeachment process, warning that it could “drag the image of our great party to the mud and stifle the continuous progress and development of Rivers state”.

“Let our state remain a democracy and not a politicocracy!!!” the statement added.