Fubara blasts Rivers lawmakers: You only exist because I recognise you

Simnalaye Fubara

Fubara blasts Rivers lawmakers: You only exist because I recognise you

Governor Sim Fubara of Rivers State says the existence of the members of the State Assembly is tied to his generosity and magnanimity.

Speaking while addressing a delegation of political and traditional leaders from Bayelsa State who visited him at the Government House in Port Harcourt, the state capital, Fubara said the assembly members do not exist.

The visit is aimed at finding a lasting solution to the political crisis in Rivers State and an improved relationship between both states.

Fubara said the Peace Accord he signed with his predecessor, Minister of the Federal Capital Terrritory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, was political and not constitutional, hence the lawmakers have no legitimacy to speak except the one he confers on them.

Fubara said the lawmakers are existing based on his recognition which is hinged on the Peace Accord initiated by Tinubu.

He said: “Those group of men who claim that are Assembly members are not Assembly members, they are not existing. I want it to be on record. I accepted that Peace Accord to give them a floating.