State House of Assembly, RVHA, Evans Bipi, has
denied reports of plot by him to impeach the state
governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi.
Echoes of the planned impeachment became louder
this week, following media reports that the visit of
the First Lady, Dame Patience Goodluck Jonathan,
to the state, was to intensify the impeachment
process.
In a reaction in Port Harcourt, yesterday, Bipi said
he had no reason to instigate impeachment
procedingss against the governor.
He said: “What has the governor done that would
prompt me to plan his impeachment? The only thing
I want is for the governor to recognise me as the
duly elected Speaker of the House.
”If he recognises that, I will also recognise him as
my governor and both of us can continue to work
together to move the state to enviable heights.”
He explain that Dame Jonathan had the right to visit
her home state, adding that “it is a disservice to the
First Lady for anybody to associate her with
impeachment of the governor when in reality there
is nothing like that.”
Bipi, who leads the anti-Amaechi minority in the
House, further said he was yet to be served any
invitation by Police Command in Rivers State to sign
any undertaking to be of good conduct as the Pro-
Amaechi lawmakers had done.
He contended that it was important for the House
Speaker, Otelemaba Dan Amachree’s camp to sign
the peace agreement because “they are the real
trouble makers.
“Whenever they serve me, I will go with my group
and sign the papers for them. I have not been
served. Maybe the Police know those who are the
real trouble makers.”
On the court order barring him from parading
himself as Speaker, Bipi argued that the Ahoada
court from where the order was obtained, did not
have any jurisdiction over the Assembly, adding that
he had also not been served with the said order.
He hoped that when every security matter was
settled and the pro-Amaechi lawmakers were
ready to abide by the rules of the House, the House
would be reconvened.
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