The Rivers state house of assembly has passed a resolution requesting the state’s chief judge to investigate Siminalayi Fubara, governor of Rivers, and his deputy, Ngozi Odu, over allegations bordering on gross misconduct.
The decision was taken during plenary on Friday, with 25
lawmakers voting in favour of the motion to forward the matter to the chief
judge for further probe, in line with Section 188 of the 1999 Constitution (as
amended).
The allegations against the governor and his deputy include
budgetary impropriety, failure to present the 2026 Appropriation Bill to the
assembly, unauthorised expenditure of public funds, withholding of statutory
allocations to the legislature, and other acts deemed to constitute gross
misconduct.
Martins Amaewhule, speaker of the house, who presided over the session, directed the clerk to formally write to the chief judge within the stipulated timeframe to constitute a seven-member investigative panel to examine the claims.
The development marks the next procedural step in the
ongoing impeachment proceedings initiated on January 8, when the assembly
served notices on Fubara and Odu.
The lawmakers had launched the process after Major Jack,
leader of the assembly, read gross misconduct charges against Fubara, which was
signed at the time by 26 legislators.
Majority of the lawmakers are loyal to Nyesom Wike, minister
of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), who has been campaigning against
Fubara’s re-election bid, after accusing the governor of breaching a peace
agreement they both signed before President Bola Tinubu lifted the emergency
rule in Rivers.
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