Rivers assembly halts the impeachment process move against Fubara

The latest move by the lawmakers to stop the impeachment process.

The Rivers State House of Assembly has halted its impeachment proceedings against Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his deputy, Ngọzi Odu. This is one of those latest interventions by Tinubu in Rivers politics.

The House made the decision during a plenary on Thursday, TVC News, a Lagos based television station, reported. The assembly had on 8 January initiated an impeachment move against the governor and his deputy, Mrs Odu, a professor, over alleged gross misconduct.

The process was, however, halted after a court restrained the lawmakers and the chief judge from proceeding with the process. The latest move by the lawmakers to stop the impeachment process followed President Bola Tinubu’s fourth intervention in the protracted political crisis in the oil-rich state.

Like others, the recent political crisis was triggered by a fresh feud between Mr Fubara, and his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, now minister of the Federal Capital Territory. Mr Tinubu, two weeks ago, met with key political actors, including Messrs Wike and Fubara, at the Presidential Villa in Abuja in a renewed attempt to solve the lingering political crisis in Rivers.

Credit: Pascal Ibe, Premium Times