APC spokesperson: Tinubu restored order after Fubara’s unlawful rule in Rivers

Felix Morka, spokesperson of the All Progressives Congress (APC), claims Siminalayi Fubara, governor of Rivers state, governed unlawfully before President Bola Tinubu intervened in the state’s political crisis.

On Tuesday, Tinubu suspended Fubara, his deputy, and members of the Rivers state house of assembly following months of political tension.

The president also declared emergency rule and appointed Ibok-Ete Ibas, a retired naval chief, as the state’s sole administrator.

Speaking on Prime Time, a political programme on Arise TV, Morka accused Fubara of disregarding democratic principles.

“He (Fubara) not only demolished the assembly, he locked them (Rivers lawmakers) out,” Morka said on Friday night.

“He froze them in a package and cast them aside as though they didn’t exist; as though our constitution never intended to provide for a legislative body in Rivers state.

“He completely froze their allowances; he froze their allocation and every penny flowing to the assembly.

“Not only that, Governor Fubara slapped democracy in the face by anointing two, three people to be his legislature in preference to a democratically elected institution of the house of assembly in Rivers state.

”He proceeded to govern unconstitutionally, illegally, and unlawfully for more than 14 months”.

Morka refuted claims that Tinubu’s intervention created a constitutional crisis, arguing that the real crisis began with Fubara’s actions.

“There was a constitutional crisis in Rivers state up until the declaration of the state of emergency,” the APC spokesperson added.

“And that constitutional crisis was initiated, authored, and precipitated by the governor of Rivers state, Governor Fubara”.