Olushola Omogbehin
Two members of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Minority Leader, Sylvanus Nwankwo and his colleague, Peter Abbey have reconsidered their stand in the current impeachment saga against Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his Deputy.
Representing Omuma state constituency and Degema Constituency, Nwankwo and Abbey disclosed this at a press conference in Port Harcourt on Monday.
In their new decision which was informed by appeal from elders and leaders of the state who begged for leniency, they urged the State Assembly to reconsider its step.
Hon Sylvanus Nwankwo, in a press conference on Monday in Port Harcourt begged his fellow lawmakers to “temper justice with mercy” and explore alternatives to Fubara’s removal from office.
“We have called this press conference to appeal to our colleagues to temper justice with mercy and to see how we can resolve this matter apart from impeachment proceedings,” he said.
“That is why we are here this morning to appeal to the conscience of our fellow colleagues. Having listened to so many pleas, calls from our elders and leaders, both within and outside the state, begging for leniency
“We are begging, calling on our colleagues to reconsider our step and see how this matter can be resolved amicably, even though the governor and deputy governor have infringed on the constitution, but we are appealing to them to reconsider our stand.”
According to Abbey, “Fubara has infringed on parts of the constitution, but we are human beings, and we, as members of the 10th assembly, want to plead with our colleagues to please reconsider,” he said.
The position of the two lawmakers was not in tandem with the Chairman, House Committee on Information, Hon Alabo Enemi George who believed nothing would stop the impeachment.
