Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Chief Tony Okocha, has accused Governor Siminalayi Fubara of not having respect for the Judiciary, as he doesn’t obey pronumcements of the Courts.
Okocha, who made the accusation whereas talking with journalists in Port Harcourt, questioned why a State Excessive Courtroom will take a call on the state chairmanship of the Peoples Democratic Occasion (PDP) when the matter was nonetheless earlier than the Courtroom of Attraction.
He mentioned: “The governor doesn’t respect legal guidelines. He respects legal guidelines when it fits him and when it doesn’t go well with him, he doesn’t respect. I don’t know that system; no person has taught that system in Political Science. They solely inform me that the legal guidelines are sacrosanct and have to be obeyed.
“I don’t learn about any concept that had instructed me that when a matter is in your curiosity, it’s in your favour, you’ll like however when it’s not in your favour, you’ll condemn. I don’t learn about that.
“I’m listening to {that a} Excessive Courtroom, having no regard of the Courtroom of Attraction the place a matter is subsisting, had gone forward to say it has ousted the Chairman of PDP in Rivers State. Whether or not the courtroom says X or Y, the ability to inaugurate a celebration’s state exco is vested on the celebration.”
The APC chairman, who mentioned Port Harcourt, the state capital, has turned from Backyard Metropolis to Rubbish Metropolis, decried the shortage of road lights on main roads within the metropolis.
Okocha mentioned: “Port Harcourt was referred to as Backyard Metropolis, however below the current authorities, Port Harcourt has turned to a Rubbish Metropolis. Port Harcourt has turned to a metropolis of particles and the areas stink.
“Port Harcourt is darkish. Are we not conscious? Aside from the interventions that we’ve taken as NDDC; I’m speaking about main roads, Ikwerre Street, Airport Street, G.U Ake Street and Aba Street, they’re all darkish at evening. And also you say we’ve a authorities? Rivers State is darkish and also you and I do know the results of darkness in an atmosphere.”
However, in a swift response, the State’s Commissioner for Data and Communication, Warisenibo Joseph Johnson, mentioned Okocha-led executives of the APC now not exists within the state as a result of the courtroom has lengthy acknowledged Emeka Bekee as chairman of the celebration within the state.
Johnson, who urged the general public to ignore any feedback from Okocha as they have been irrelevant, disclosed that the state authorities below Governor Fubara was targeted and doing profound work, which the lots have been testifying to.
