The Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Otelemaba Amachree, has indicated that it would be difficult for anti-Amaechi forces within the PDP to impeach the Governor.
The Speaker made the statement against a claim from undisclosed sources that 8 more lawmakers in the State House of Assembly had joined the existing 5 anti-Amaechi lawmakers. The names of the lawmakers were undisclosed, however the number is said to have swelled to 13 out of the total 32 members in the body.
Amachree spoke with The PUNCH through his Media Assistant, Mr. Jim Okpiki.
He stated that with 19 lawmakers on the side of the governor, it would be difficult to remove (Amaechi).
He said, “We are aware that between five and eight lawmakers have compromised and are making moves to impeach the governor. But they don’t have enough number to impeach the state governor.
“They have to impeach the Speaker first before thinking of removing the governor because he (Speaker) will not betray the governor. Mr. Speaker is never a traitor and he (Amachree) has not seen any reason why he should give up on Amaechi.
“Apart from that, the lawmakers that have compromised would have to tell the world the governor’s offence, because as far as we are concerned, Governor Amaechi has not committed any impeachable offence.”