Rivers crisis: Assembly rejects political solution for Fubara

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The spokesperson for the Rivers State House of Assembly, Enemi George, has said lawmakers will see the impeachment proceedings against Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his deputy, Ngozi Oduh, to the end, dismissing suggestions for a political solution.

Speaking in an interview with Channels Television on Thursday, George dismissed suggestions that the impeachment was a political move designed to pressure the governor.

“Very sincerely, I doubt that because we’ve had one too many political solutions… It demeans, diminishes the institution of the Rivers House of Assembly if you say that everything that we do is because of politics… Right now, what we’re talking about is the law.”

On allegations of repeated misconduct by the governor, George described Fubara as a recidivist, explaining: “A recidivist is somebody who commits the same crime over and over again. He’s punished or forgiven, he comes back, he commits the same crime. Punch