“Resign Within 48 hrs Or Be Impeached” – APC Threatens Governor Fubara

By Suleiman Anyalewechi 

The festering political crisis rocking Rivers state ,on Monday March 10,2025 took a turn for the worse .

This follows the call on embattled Governor Siminalayi Fubara by the All Progressive Congress, APC, in the State to either resign within 48 hours, or be impeached.

At an interactive session with the Media at his residence, factional Chairman of the APC Chief Tony Okocha, towed  the path which  many had envisaged  since the Supreme Court judgment of February 28, 2025, which shockingly affirmed the 27 pro-Wike Lawmakers as  authentic members  of the State House of Assembly.

The Speaker Martin Amaewfule-led legislature, since mounting the saddle after the Supreme court ruling, has not pretended about its intentions to uproot Governor Fubara.

Since their first plenary post-Supreme court verdict on Monday March 3, 2025, the State Legislators have issued no fewer than three ultimatums to the Governor, his Commissioners, other political appointees, as well as the Chairman and members of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, RSIEC.

In one of the ultimatums, the Lawmakers  demanded the Governor to represent the 2025 appropriation bill within 48 hours.

But an attempt by Governor Fubara to engage the combative Legislators on the modalities for the representation process was on Monday  rebuffed by the Lawmakers who cited abnormal communication as a major reason.

Instructively, the factional APC Chairman’s outburst, came on the very day the meeting between the Governor and the House Members was scheduled.

According to Okocha, Governor Fubara has already committed many impeachable offences as has been affirmed by the country’s apex court in its verdict.

The APC Chairman noted that there is no longer the need for the observance of constitutional demands in impeaching the Governor, as according to him, the Supreme Court has already established all the grounds for an impeachment.

“The Supreme Court has already exposed those allegations against the Governor.

“There are two options left for Sir Siminalayi Fubara. He should either resign honourably or face impeachment”, Okocha stated.

The Source reports that in its ruling, the Supreme court apart from recognizing the defected 27 law makers as authentic members of the House, also, criticized Governor Fubara for taking some steps to paralyze the Legislative arm of Government in the State.

The court likened some of the measures he took to those that were carried out during Military Regimes in undermining the Legislature as an arm of Government.