The member representing Khana/Khana federal constituency in the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Dumnamene Robinson Dekor, has issued a stern warning to Hon. Ikenga Ugochinyere, to stay away from meddling in the internal political matters of Rivers State.
Hon. Dekor who spoke in Port Harcourt on Thursday, wondered why a federal Lawmaker like Ugochinyere will desecrate the high office he occupies in Nigeria and throw caution, decorum, and responsible conduct to the wind since the disagreement between Governor Siminalayi Fubara and the lawmakers in the state.
Dekor who also doubles as the Chairman Rivers Caucus in the House of Representatives said his colleague from far away Imo State has made himself a willing tool for blackmail and exacerbation of the situation.
“He has, instead, put himself forward as a veritable tool and an agent provocateur for a cause he knows nothing about and for no other reason except to feather his nest.
“His latest sponsored intervention is laden with the all ingredients that characterized all his previous outings: blackmail, half-truths, outright lies, misinformation and disinformation, and malicious propaganda”.
In a statement he personally signed and issued in Port Harcourt, Rt Hon. Dekor alluded that his colleague’s prejudicial media statements also constitute “a thoughtless assault on due process and ongoing judicial processes aimed at resolving the disagreement in Rivers.
“As our colleague who sits in the House of Representatives today courtesy of a judgment of a court, that is beyond embarrassing”.
Rt Hon Dekor, who is also the Chairman, House Committee on Host Communities in the House of Representatives went on to say that “as a Caucus, we consider Hon. Ugochinyere an insignificant twerp in the social space and, particularly, in the grand scheme of Rivers politics. To begin with, he is not from Rivers State. So his political value is unquestionably nonexistent, except for those who are naive enough to fall for his cheap gimmicks.
“We had put Hon. Ugochinyere’s deplorable behaviour down to exuberant infantilism, which sometimes affects some new members, and had hoped that his apparent lack of understanding of his duties as a federal lawmaker would diminish as he grows into his new position.”
Continuing, the Ogoni-born lawmaker said that one year into his term as a lawmaker, Hon. Ugochinyere has rather “doubled down on infamy, dishonour, and disreputable behaviour, details of which we have at our disposal.
“The current situation in Rivers State does not concern Hon. Ugochinyere in any way because he is from Imo State, a state that is grappling with myriad of political and social issues of its own in respect of which Hon. Ugochinyere cannot find his voice. The disagreement in Rivers has never been brought to the floor of the House of Representatives to warrant other members’ intervention in a debate.
“Unarguably, Hon. Ugochinyere’s actions (in the guise of representation) outside of the House impinge on the privileges of members of this Caucus, the integrity of the House itself, and constitute a reckless violation of the constitution, vide sections 49 and 72.”
He called on the leadership of the House of Representatives to take urgent steps to discipline and rein in “this errant member.”
