A public commentator and legal practitioner, Justice Osai Ahiakwo, has urged law enforcement authorities to apprehend and prosecute Mr. Tony Okocha, the acting chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, for purportedly committing a treasonable offense.
According to reports from NewsNow, Okocha had urged the 27 APC lawmakers in the state House of Assembly to initiate impeachment proceedings against Governor Sim Fubara.
However, the lawyer deemed this call as a treasonable act.
In a statement released in Calabar, the capital of Cross River State, Ahiakwo expressed, “It is disturbing to hear Tony Okocha label the Rivers State Governor as a dunderhead.
“Even more concerning is Okocha’s encouragement of ‘lawbreakers’ to instigate the impeachment of the Executive Governor of Rivers State.”
The lawyer contended that Okocha’s remarks were incendiary and had the potential to incite public disobedience.
He asserted, “The individuals Okocha referred to as Assembly members had forfeited their legislative status upon transitioning from the PDP to the APC. It is not the Governor but the Nigerian Constitution that affirms their non-existence.”
“Aside from promoting bills to revive their defunct political structure, such as the widely unpopular and unconstitutional extension of the tenure of local government chairmen, they have not set forth any substantial legislation that benefits the populace.
“Known for sidestepping Nigeria’s laws, it is imperative to note that the Chief Judge of Rivers State will never participate in any form of illegality orchestrated by the lawbreakers posing as House of Assembly members.”
“Tony Okocha’s statements incite anarchy and may lead to a breakdown of law and order.
“According to Section 109 (1)(g) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the legislative branch in Rivers State is defunct.”
Ahiakwo warned Okocha and his party cohorts against misinterpreting laws to serve their agendas, emphasizing that the Governor must uphold the constitution’s essence and provisions.