Rivers crisis: lawyer demands arrest of Okocha for alleged crime of treason

May 8, 2024 Vaseline stjohnson 0

Justice Osai Ahiakwo, a lawyer and public commentator, has called on law enforcement agencies to arrest and prosecute Mr. Tony Okocha, the Acting Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State, for allegedly committing a crime of treason.

DAILY POST reports that Okocha had asked the 27 APC legislators in the state House of Assembly to initiate impeachment proceedings against Governor Sim Fubara.

However, the lawyer described it as a crime of treason.

In a statement issued in Calabar, Cross River State capital, the lawyer said: “It is infuriating to hear Tony Okocha describe the Governor of Rivers State as an imbecile.

“It is even more upsetting to hear the said Okocha calling on ‘law breakers’ to begin impeachment proceedings against the executive governor of Rivers State.”

Ahiakwo said Okocha’s statement was inciting and capable of provoking public disobedience.

He maintained that “those Okocha allegedly referred to as members of the Assembly had ceased to be legislators after switching from the PDP to the APC. It is not the Governor who said that there is nothing but the Nigerian Constitution.

“Apart from sponsoring bills to breathe life into their already dead political structure, such as the highly unpopular and unconstitutional extension of the lives of sitting local government area chairmen, there are no significant and/or policy-oriented bills. people who have come forward to benefit the masses.

“As they are known for circumventing the laws of Nigeria, let it be recorded that the Chief Judge of Rivers State will never and cannot be a party to any form of illegality perpetrated by lawbreakers posing as members of the House of the Assembly.

“Tony Okocha’s statement is a call for anarchy, which will lead to a breakdown of law and order.

“Under the provisions of Article 109 (1) (g) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the legislative arm of government in Rivers State is non-existent.”

Ahiakwo warned Okocha and his party leaders against quoting and interpreting laws to suit their whims and whims, insisting that the governor has to uphold the spirit and letters of the constitution.