Saturday, January 17, 2026 - Members of the Rivers State House of Assembly have vowed to proceed with the impeachment process against Governor Sim Fubara and his deputy, Ngozi Ordu.
The members who held a press briefing before the
commencement of today, January 16's sitting, accused the governor of attempting
to intimidate some members using the EFCC.
The lawmakers who spoke in matches stated that there is no
ethnic coloration to the impeachment process as they are only acting in line
with the constitution.
The lawmakers who are of the Ijaw extraction appealed to
their fellow kinsmen not to see the impeachment proceedings as an attack on the
Ijaw ethnic group given that the Governor is an Ijaw man, They say they support
the impeachment proceedings because the governor has continuously gone against
the constitution and needs to be impeached.
Also speaking to journalists, all the four lawmakers who had
earlier urged their colleagues to halt impeachment proceedings against Governor
Siminalayi Fubara and his deputy, Prof. Ngozi Odu, following the January 8
House briefing, have reversed their stance. They are now calling once again for
the impeachment of both the governor and his deputy.
The lawmakers identified as Sylvanus Nwankwo, Minority
Leader of the House and representative of Omuma State Constituency, the member
representing Degema State Constituency, Peter Abbey, Barile Nwakoh, who
represents Khana Constituency I, and Emilia Amadi of Obio/Akpor Constituency
II, disclosed this at the press conference,
Recall that last Thursday, the lawmakers commenced
impeachment proceedings against the governor and his deputy.over claims of
gross misconduct by the Governor.
The lawmakers launched the process after Major Jack, leader
of the assembly, read gross misconduct charges against Fubara, signed by 26
members of the house.
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