The Rivers state Home of Meeting has suspended the impeachment proceedings in opposition to Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his deputy, Ngozi Odu, following the intervention of President Bola Tinubu earlier within the month.
The choice to halt the method was taken on Thursday throughout plenary on the Meeting’s resumed sitting in Port Harcourt, the state capital.
Talking throughout plenary, Speaker Martin Amaewhule knowledgeable the Home that the withdrawal of the impeachment proceedings adopted the intervention of President Bola Tinubu.
He additionally knowledgeable the Home that “All court docket circumstances filed by the governor, his deputy and the Rivers State Home of Meeting have been withdrawn.”
The lawmakers additionally expressed the hope that the governor and his deputy would henceforth act in step with the Structure.
Blueprint had earlier reported that at its first sitting in 2026, the Home commenced impeachment proceedings in opposition to Fubara and his deputy over alleged gross misconduct.
Throughout the plenary presided over by the Speaker, the Majority Chief, Main Jack, learn a discover detailing the allegations of gross misconduct in opposition to the governor.
The allegations in opposition to the governor and his deputy listed by the Home embody the demolition of the Meeting complicated, extra-budgetary spending, withholding of funds meant for the Meeting Service Fee, alleged refusal to adjust to a Supreme Court docket ruling on the {financial} autonomy of the legislature, and different acts deemed to represent gross misconduct.