The Rivers State Home of Meeting has insisted that the impeachment proceedings initiated in opposition to Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his deputy, Professor Ngozi Odu, will proceed as deliberate.
POLITICS NIGERIA realized that the lawmakers reached the choice on Friday throughout a resumed plenary session, the place they unanimously agreed to proceed with an investigation into allegations of gross misconduct levelled in opposition to the governor and his deputy.
The sitting was presided over by the Speaker, Martins Amaewhule.
Following the decision, the Meeting formally referred to as on the Chief Decide of Rivers State to represent a panel to research the claims in opposition to each officers, consistent with constitutional provisions guiding impeachment procedures.
Asserting the end result of the vote, Amaewhule mentioned the lawmakers had spoken with one voice and urged the judiciary to take the following step.
“This voting clearly exhibits the choice of the Home,” the Speaker declared, whereas requesting the Chief Decide to arrange a panel of investigation into the allegations.
In the meantime, earlier on Friday, 4 lawmakers who had beforehand pulled out of the impeachment course of resurfaced and declared their renewed assist for the transfer.
At a press briefing, the legislators accused Governor Fubara of violating the 1999 Structure and argued that the Meeting had no choice however to train its legislative authority via impeachment.
Additionally they alleged that the governor had resorted to blackmail and intimidation, insisting that he had misplaced the belief required to handle the political disaster at the moment rocking the state.
In accordance with the lawmakers, the actions of each the governor and his deputy urged they weren’t dedicated to any peace course of, however had been as a substitute searching for to strain the Meeting into dropping the impeachment plan whereas persevering with what they described as acts of impunity.
They maintained that the impeachment course of should proceed with out interference, stressing that the Home was decided to hold out its constitutional obligations to the tip.