The Rivers State House of Assembly has suspended impeachment proceedings against Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his deputy, Ngozi Odu, following the intervention of President Bola Tinubu.
The decision was announced on Thursday during plenary at the Assembly’s sitting in Port Harcourt, presided over by Speaker Martin Amaewhule.
At the beginning of the year, the Assembly had initiated impeachment proceedings against Fubara and Odu, accusing them of gross misconduct. The allegations included the demolition of the Assembly complex, extra-budgetary spending, withholding funds meant for the Assembly Service Commission, and alleged refusal to comply with a Supreme Court judgment on legislative financial autonomy.
The House had invoked Section 188 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) and formally asked the state Chief Judge, Justice Simeon Amadi, to constitute a seven-member panel to investigate the allegations. However, the Chief Judge declined, citing a subsisting High Court order restraining him from taking action.
Both Fubara and his deputy had approached the court and obtained injunctions halting the process.
The impeachment push came amid a prolonged political rift in the state, particularly between the governor and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, who had earlier accused Fubara of breaching a peace deal brokered by the President in 2025.
The latest development follows a meeting hosted by President Tinubu earlier this month at the Presidential Villa in Abuja involving both Wike and Fubara.
Wike later expressed optimism that the President’s intervention would bring a lasting resolution to the political crisis in Rivers State.
With the impeachment process now suspended, attention is expected to shift toward implementing the terms of the presidential peace intervention and restoring stability to governance in the state.
