A Legal Practitioner, Emmanuel Anene has alleged that the Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara has played into the hands of the 27 defectee lawmakers by demolishing the state house of assembly.
He stated that the 27 lawmakers could sit anywhere to restart the impeachment process against the governor. He argued against merging the executive and legislative branches by suggesting the use of the government house as an alternative venue. He stressed the importance of maintaining the separation of powers. According to him, this situation could compromise the ability to orchestrate effective checks and balances in governance.
He said in an interview with AIT, ''Even if the order was being paraded by the Ehie faction, the order did not say this people should lose their seats. It only says he's a speaker. As we speak today, those 27 lawmakers are still members of Rivers State House of Assembly. And Governor Fubara has already played into the 27 lawmakers hands by demolishing the House of Assembly complex. Meaning they can sit anywhere because the governor did not provide the alternative accommodation for them.
If they say they should use the government house, that is merging both the executive and legislature together. And we should weep for this. We are talking about separation of power. Why would an arm of government take a refuge and become a refugee in their own state? And be taking shelter inside the government house. Is that how they are going to orchestrate checks and balances?''