The impeachment procedures against Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his deputy, Professor Ngozi Odu, will proceed as scheduled, the Rivers State House of Assembly announced on Friday.
At the resumed plenary on Friday, the legislators unanimously decided to look into the claims of egregious misbehavior against Fubara and his deputy.
They concurred that the accusations against them need to move on to the next stage of the inquiry.
Speaker Martins Amaewhule was reportedly in charge of the meeting.
In accordance with the resolution, the legislators urged the state’s chief judge to form a panel to look into the claims of egregious misconduct made against Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his deputy, Ngozi Odu.
Amaewhule said, “This voting clearly shows the decision of the House,” and he urged the state chief judge to form an investigative panel.
At a press conference earlier on Friday, four lawmakers who had previously withdrawn from the impeachment process accused the governor of violating the 1999 Constitution and claimed that the parliament was forced to use its legislative authority by removing him from office.
Additionally, they said that Fubara lacked the trust necessary to handle the state’s problems and accused him of extortion.
They claim that by their actions thus far, the Governor and his Deputy have indicated that they are not interested in a peace process but rather wish to scare the Assembly into abandoning the impeachment process while they carry out their acts of impunity.
As a result, they declared that the impeachment procedure had to proceed as scheduled.
