Rivers State House of Assembly has continued with the impeachment process against Governor Siminilayi Fubara and his deputy, Ngozi Odu, over alleged constitutional infringement.
This decision followed the voting carried out to that effect by the lawmakers at a session chaired by the Speaker of the House of Assembly, Martins Amaewhule.
Two votes were taken, one to determine whether or not the impeachment process against Fubara should be continued and the second, on the deputy governor, Odu.
The 25 members present at the session voted for the continuation of the process.
After the voting, the Speaker said following the power conferred on him by the constitution, with the House having resolved to continue with the impeachment process, he would write the Chief Judge of the state to set up an investigative committee to carry out a probe.
Specifically, the House accused the governor of gross constitutional infringements and deserved to be removed.
Before the plenary, members of the House of Assembly, addressing a press conference, vowed to continue with the impeachment process against Fubara and Odu.
The legislators said the governor and his deputy had grossly violated the constitution.
They said despite suggestions by some of the members that alternative solutions should be found to resolve the issue, the governor and his deputy had allegedly continued to intimidate the legislators.
They said it was obvious that the governor was absolutely authoritarian and should be removed.
They therefore resolved that they would continue with the impeachment process.
The impeachment process was started on Thursday, January 8, 2026.
It would be recalled that during the week, the Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, inaugurated a peace and reconciliation committee to resolve the issue.
The committee which is chaired by a former Attorney-General of the Federation, Kanu Agabi (SAN), was given two weeks to resolve the issue.
The group was particular about ensuring peace in the oil rich state.
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