Impeachment: Speaker Amaewhule plans to be governor through back door – PDP chieftain

Daboikiabo Warmate, a prominent member of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Rivers has lashed out at the Speaker of the House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Martins Amaewhule, accusing him of plotting to become governor of the State through back door, through impeachment.

He described as unconstitutional moves by the State legislators to impeach Governor Siminalayi from office alongside his Deputy Governor, Ngozi

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Warmate was reacting to fresh crisis rocking Rivers involving Nyesom Wike, the Governor and the State Assembly members, claiming that Amaewhule has positioned himself to be the first beneficiary of the crisis.

The politician stated this while featuring on Daily Break on Trust TV on Friday, insisting that the budget crisis was a decoy to remove Fubara from office.

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Warmate said, “Speaker Martins Amaewhule wants to become governor through the back door, but he will never be. He stands to be the primary beneficiary of this issue.”

According to him, Section 122 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 as amended permits the governor to spend from the Consolidated Revenue Fund for upwards of six months, wondering how the Speaker has positioned himself at the centre of the storm.

He declared the action of legislators as unconstitutional and disrespectful to President Bola Tinubu who had brokered peace last year.

“This is an insult to the President. The actions of the State Assembly are an insult to the institution of governance, including the Senate and the House of Representatives,” Warmate added, emphasising that the decision undermines established constitutional processes.

Warmate further clarified that the 2025 budget for Rivers State was prepared by Governor Siminalayi Fubara, vetted by the sole administrator, and then presented to the President before being transmitted to the National Assembly.

“The National Assembly passed the budget, and Rivers State now has an appropriation law in place,” Warmate explained. He stressed that any attempt to alter or represent the law locally was misplaced.

“The law already exists, and whatever the governor spends under it is constitutional,” Warmate added, reaffirming that the Rivers State government is operating within the bounds of the law and that the Speaker’s actions were uncalled for.

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