The Chairman of the All Progressive Congress in Rivers State, Tony Okocha, on Tuesday said suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara will only excape impeachment if his recocilostion is genuine.
According to him, Fubara has yet to initiate move to reconcile with members of the Rivers State House of Assembly.
Okocha made this known during his interaction with journalists at tbe APN National Secretariat in Abuja.
He also noted that Fubara’s sins would not be forgiven if he defects from the People’s Democratic Party to tbe APC.
Okocha said the suspended governor’s sins are not political but crimes against the people of Rivers State.
He clarified that the APC is not a dumping ground where political officers with crimes can join and expect their sins to be forgiven.
“If Fubara decides to join APC today, his sins cannot be forgiven because his suspension has nothing to do with politics,” Okocha said, as reported by the Punch Newspaper.
“You will jump into the APC today, and your sins are forgiven. That can’t be true.
“It won’t work that way. Then, it would have made the APC a dumping ground for people who commit misdemeanours and believe that by and large, we will come for reconciliation. No.”
He added, “I can confirm that there is no reconciliation effort currently underway in Rivers. The suspended Governor Fubara has not made any move to reconcile with the lawmakers.
“Only genuine reconciliation can save him from impeachment, as the Supreme Court judgment stands. There is no reconciliation ongoing, not to my knowledge, I should know because I am the Chairman of the Rivers APC.”.
Okocha’s remarks comes after Fubara’s recent visit to President Bola Tinubu in Lagos.
He also confirmed ongoing reconciliation talks with his predecessor, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, while marking the second year of his administration last month in Port Harcourt.
