A high court in Port Harcourt has issued an interim order restraining the chief judge of Rivers from receiving or acting on any impeachment notice against Siminalayi Fubara, the state governor, and his deputy, Ngozi Odu.
The Rivers state house of assembly had asked the chief judge
of the state to constitute a panel to investigate allegations of gross
misconduct levelled against Fubara and Odu.
The order was issued by Florence Fiberesima, presiding judge
following two separate suits filed by Fubara and his deputy, marked
OYHC/7/CS/2026 and OYHC/6/CS/2026.
Fiberesima barred the chief judge from receiving,
forwarding, considering, or acting on any request, resolution, or articles of
impeachment from members of the Rivers State House of Assembly.
“That an Interim Injunction is hereby made restraining the
32h Defendant i.e. The Hon Chief Judge of Rivers State from receiving,
forwarding. considering and/or howsoever acting on any request, resolution,
articles of impeachment
Or other documents or communication from the 1-27th and 31st
Defendants for the purpose of constituting a panel to investigate the purported
allegations of misconduet against the Clarmant/Applicant for seven days,” the
other reads.
The judge also said the order and court processes can be
served on the defendants by pasting them at the gate of the Rivers state house
of assembly and serving staff at the chief judge’s chambers.
The cases were adjourned to January 23, 2026, for hearing of
the motion.
The suit listed the speaker and members of the Rivers state
house of assembly as defendants, alongside the clerk of the assembly and the
chief judge of Rivers state.
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