Fubara stated this while addressing a delegation of political and traditional leaders from Bayelsa State who visited him at the Government House in Port Harcourt, the state capital.
The Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, on Monday, criticised the attitude of the members of the Rivers State House of Assembly towards his administration, saying the members will cease to exist as legislators if he so decides.
Fubara stated this while addressing a delegation of political and traditional leaders from Bayelsa State who visited him at the Government House in Port Harcourt, the state capital.
He said the lawmakers were existing based on his recognition predicated on the Peace Accord initiated by President Bola Tinubu.
The delegation led by former Governor of Bayelsa State and Senator representing Bayelsa West, Henry Siriake Dickson sought an end to the political crisis in Rivers State and an improved relationship between both states.
Others on the delegation included the first Military Governor of old Rivers State, Alfred Diete-Spiff, who is the traditional ruler of Twon Brass in Bayelsa State, other traditional rulers, former Commissioners, former state and national assembly members and PDP executives.
Fubara told the delegation that he had been the one showing restraint since the crisis escalated in the state.
He said despite wielding state powers which he could deploy to achieve his aim, he has continued to act as the "big brother" in the face of intimidation and unwarranted attacks.
He said, Those groups of men who claim that our assembly members are not Assembly members, they are not existing. I want it to be on record. I accepted that Peace Accord to give them a floating. That is the truth. There was nothing in that peace accord thats a constitutional issue; its a political solution to a problem. And I accepted it because these were people that were eating in my house, these were people I have helped paid their childrens school fees when I wasnt even a governor. So, what is the thing there?
We might have our division but I believe that one day, we could also come together but it has gotten to a time when I have to make a statement that they are not existing. Their existence is me allowing them to exist. If I de-recognise them, they are nowhere. I want you to see the sacrifice I have made in allowing peace to reign in our state.
He revealed that he had always been present at any meeting that was called to resolve the crisis in the state but after each meeting, he was met with a new dimension of the crisis from the opposing side.
He vowed to continued to be peaceful, acknowledging that power was transient.
Governor Fubara acknowledged the role played by some political leaders, especially his predecessor and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, in his emergence as governor but said that such efforts wont make him to worship a man.
He attributed his emergence as divine, saying God can use anyone, including ones enemy to accomplish His purpose in a mans life.
He also decried the use of police officere to intimidate his supporters, despite showing restraint in the crisis.
Governor Fubara also decried how some of his commissioners were sabotaging him.
He said on an occasion, the Governor of Bayelsa State, Douye Diri was the person who briefed him about an important information that a Commissioner was supposed to have informed him.
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