The Rivers state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), led by the reinstated Chairman, Emeka Beke, has condemned the lawsuit instituted by a chieftain of the party, Tony Okocha, seeking to stop funds allocation to the local government councils.
At a press briefing, the partyâs spokesman, Darlington Nwauju reiterated that Tony Okocha and his caretaker committee had been sacked but have continued to parade themselves against a subsisting court judgement.
In the scathing statement, Nwauju further accused Okocha of not meaning well for the state and of frustrating the councils because his camp no longer has access to LG funds, Channels TV reported.
Nwauju spoke after Okocha admitted to going to court to stop funds allocation to the councils over what he described as a faulty process.
Part of the statement read:
TimesNow.com.ng understands that Governor Siminalayi Fubara and Nyesom Wike, the minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), are at loggerheads over the control of Rivers state. This has further fuelled the political crisis in the state.
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Earlier, TimesNow.com.ng reported that the crisis rocking the Rivers state assembly took a new dimension as Fubara suffered a major setback in court.
This is as the court on Friday, dismissed Rivers state government’s attempt to halt a lawsuit against Fubara, deeming the request frivolous and unwarranted.
The suit, filed by a faction of the Rivers House of Assembly loyal to FCT ministers Nyesom Wike, seeks to shut down Fubara’s expenditures.
Source: TimesNow.com.ng
