{"id":111833,"date":"2024-05-07T04:29:34","date_gmt":"2024-05-07T08:29:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africatodaynewsnewyork.com\/?p=111833"},"modified":"2024-05-07T04:29:34","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T08:29:34","slug":"you-dont-exist-fubara-hits-amaewhule-led-rivers-assembly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africatodaynewsnewyork.com\/2024\/05\/07\/you-dont-exist-fubara-hits-amaewhule-led-rivers-assembly\/","title":{"rendered":"You Don&#8217;t Exist, Fubara Hits Amaewhule-Led Rivers Assembly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Governor of Rivers State, <a href=\"https:\/\/africadailynews.net\/2022\/08\/12\/wike-pact-with-apc-leaders-amaechis-ally-defects-to-pdp.html\">Similaya Fubara<\/a>, has taken a calculated dig at the Martin Amaewhule-led group of lawmakers at the state House of Assembly and declared that they do not exist anymore in the eyes of the law.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Speaking yesterday, Fubara declared that \u201c<em>Let me say it here, those groups of men who claim that they are assembly members, they do not exist. I want it to be on the record.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The governor made this declaration when he received on courtesy visit the Bayelsa State delegation of political and traditional leaders, led by former Governor of the State, Senator Seriake Dickson, at Government House in Port Harcourt on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Africa Today News, New York understands that Fubara and 26 members of the assembly loyal to former governor, Nyesom Wike, have been at loggerheads after the move to impeach the governor was thwarted.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div class=\"primisVideoUnit\"><em><strong><strong>Read Also: <\/strong><\/strong><\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/africatodaynewsnewyork.com\/2024\/04\/29\/i-wont-govern-on-my-knees-fubara-fires-back-at-wike\/\">\u2018I Won\u2019t Govern On My Knees,\u2019 Fubara Fires Back At Wike<\/a><\/em><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>He told the delegation that he has been showing restraint since the political crisis escalated in the state.<\/p>\n<p>The governor further stated that despite wielding state powers that he can deploy to achieve his aim, he has continued to act as the big brother in the face of intimidation and unwarranted attacks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>So, I want you to see the sacrifice I have made to allow peace to be in our state. I can say here, with all amount of boldness, I have never called any policeman anywhere to go and harass anybody.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI have never gone anywhere to ask anybody to do anything against anybody. But what happens to the people that are supporting me? They are being harassed, they are being arrested and detained.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThere is no week that somebody doesn\u2019t come here with one letter of invitation for trump-up charges and all those things,<\/em>\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The governor added, \u201c<em>I am saying all these because of what my senior said here. I don\u2019t think the other party has shown any restraint. I am the one who has shown restraint in the face of this crisis.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI am the one that is badly hit, even when I have all the government instruments to shake up the table. But, why will I do it? I believe that peace is the best relationship to cultivate.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>He revealed that he had always been present at any meeting that was called to resolve the crisis in the state but after each meeting, he was met with a new dimension of the crisis from the opposing side.<\/p>\n<p>He, however, vowed to continue to be peaceful, acknowledging that power is transient.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/africatodaynewsnewyork.com\/\"><strong>Africa Today News, New York<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Governor of Rivers State, Similaya Fubara, has taken a calculated dig at the Martin Amaewhule-led group of lawmakers at the state House of Assembly and declared that they do not exist anymore in the eyes of the law. 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