Gwamnan jihar Rivers, Siminalayi Fubara, ya mayar da martani mai zafi kan yunkurin tsige shi daga majalisar dokokin jihar, yana mai cewa babu wata takardar tuhume-tuhume da aka tura masa daga majalisar. Wannan martani ya biyo bayan sanarwar da shugaban majalisar, Martins Amaewhule, ya yi cewa an aika wa gwamnan da takardun tuhume-tuhume bisa zargin saba doka.
Kwamishinan Yada Labarai na jihar, Joseph Johnson, ya bayyana cewa majalisar na kokarin hana gwamna aiwatar da umarnin kotun koli game da rikicin siyasa da ya shafi jihar. A cewar Johnson, ana takura wa ma’aikatan gwamnati da masu karbar fansho sakamakon gaza gabatar da kasafin kudin jihar.
Fubara ya karyata ikirarin da majalisar ta yi, yana mai cewa duk wani yunkuri na tsige shi ba zai wuce kima ba tare da bin doka ba. Ya ce, “Dole ne a bi ka’ida kafin a tsige gwamna, idan ba haka ba, hakan zai zama sabawa doka.”
Majalisar ta yi ikirarin cewa akwai bukatar a samu kashi daya bisa uku (1/3) na ‘yan majalisa don fara shirin tsige gwamna, kuma ta ba da kwanaki 14 ga Fubara da mataimakiyarsa don su mayar da martani kan tuhume-tuhumen da ake yi musu.
Lauyan babban, Abeni Mohammed (SAN), ya gargadi majalisar kan hadarin da ke tattare da yunkurin tsige Fubara, yana mai cewa duk wani yunkuri na keta doka zai jawo mummunan sakamako. Wannan lamari na tsige gwamna ya jawo cece-kuce a jihar, inda al’umma ke sa ran ganin yadda za a ci gaba da shari’ar.