Rivers APC Opposes Impeachment Move Against Governor Fubara

The Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has firmly rejected the impeachment process initiated against Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his deputy, warning that such action could destabilise the state and harm the party’s reputation.

In a statement released on Thursday by the party’s spokesperson in the state, Darlington Nwauju, the APC expressed concern over what it described as “unfortunate developments” emerging from the Rivers State House of Assembly.

While recognising the legislature as an independent arm of government with constitutional powers of checks and balances, the party maintained that pursuing impeachment at this point is inappropriate and unacceptable.

“Our position as at today is that we solemnly reject the impeachment process against our governor and his deputy,” the party declared.

The APC cautioned that unresolved internal conflicts inherited from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) era should not be allowed to resurface within the APC, noting that such divisions could weaken the party.

According to the party, the impeachment threat appears to be linked to budgetary concerns. It stressed that a valid and legally approved budget is already in place, having been passed during the period of emergency rule.

The APC explained that a ₦1.485 trillion budget was transmitted by the President to the National Assembly in May 2025 and subsequently approved by both chambers, with provisions expected to last until August 2026.

Below is the full statement as released by the Rivers State APC leadership:

The attention of the leadership of the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State has been drawn the latest unfortunate developments coming out from the chambers of the Rivers State House of Assembly.
We concede that the legislature is an independent arm in the tripod of governance, and the constitutional responsibilities of checks and balances are within their democratic purview.

Our position as at today on this matter is that, we solemnly reject the resort to an impeachment process against our Governor and his deputy.

It will be totally untenable for our party to keep quiet when an obvious hangover from strifes that occurred within the PDP are allowed to resurface in our great party.

It is important to say to Rivers people and Nigerians that since the latest threat of impeachment centers on the budget, may we remind ourselves that under the period of emergency rule, a budget was transmitted to the National Assembly by the President and Commander-in-Chief in May 2025 which was approved by the Senate on 25 June 2025 and subsequently by the House of Representatives on July 22 2025 for a total sum of #1.485 trillion.

Interestingly, this budget is for one year and should run until August 2026 and if the Governor is comfortable with the composition of the said budget, he may elect not to present any supplementary budget. Besides, the constitution allows for a six-months spending window into the new fiscal year by a state governor.

We therefore strongly advise all members of the Rivers State House of Assembly especially APC members, to resist pressures from outside the Assembly chambers to destablize the Government of Rivers state ably led by His Excellency Sir Siminalayi Fubara.

Let it be known that our party will do everything possible to ensure that the Government of Rivers State, which is an APC government, is not destabilized through fratricidal disagreements.

We therefore call on members of the State Assembly especially APC members, to immediately discontinue the impeachment process in order not to drag the image of our great party to the mud and stiffle the continuous progress and development of Rivers State.

Let our state remain a democracy and not a politicocracy!!!