Breaking: Rivers Assembly Initiates Impeachment Process Against Fubara, Deputy

The State House of Assembly has officially served a notice of alleged misconduct against Governor, which has reached a boiling point in Rivers State. Effectively, Prof. Ngozi Odu and Senator Siminalayi Fubara sparked the impeachment process.

The lawmakers assert that their decision is in line with the Nigerian Constitution, according to a notice obtained from the Assembly on Monday.

According to the notice, the action was “in accordance with Section 188 of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended) and other existing laws.”

The notice supports rumors that Governor. Following a Supreme Court decision that approved the rights of 27 lawmakers to his estranged successor, former governor, Fubara may be impeached. Nyesom Wike .

According to Persecondnews, Wike stated in a press conference on March 12 that if found guilty of misconduct, Fubara should be subject to impeachment in accordance with the law.

He asserted that politics is not a game. Let them impeach him if they have done something against him. It is not a crime.

Gov. is brought up by Persecondnews. Since Fubara took office, Wike and his predecessor have been at odds with one another.

Wike claims that Fubara violated their agreement, which was brokered by President Bola Tinubu, while Fubara alleges that Wike seeks to control the state’s resources.

After the PDP defectors to the All Progressives Congress (APC), 27 Wike-backed lawmakers left the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in December 2023, and the crisis grew to the point where Fubara stopped working with them.

On December 13, 2023, he gave the House’s 2024 budget to a group led by Edison Ehie.

The Supreme Court ordered the Martins Amaewhule-led House faction and other elected members to resume their legislative duties immediately and without any delay on February 28 after much legal back-and-forth.

Source: Per Second News