A Rivers State High Court sitting in Oyigbo Local Government Area, Port Harcourt, has issued an interim injunction restraining the Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Martin Amaewhule, from sending any correspondence to the Chief Judge of the state regarding impeachment proceedings against Governor Siminalayi Fubara.
Others restrained by the interim injunction include two other lawmakers and the Clerk of the House of Assembly. They were barred from sending any correspondence to the Chief Judge of the state.
The court also restrained the Chief Judge of Rivers State, Justice Simeon Amadi, from receiving, forwarding, considering or acting on any request, resolution, articles of impeachment or other documents from the first to the 27th defendants for the purpose of constituting a panel to investigate the alleged misconduct against the governor and his deputy for a period of seven days.
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The presiding judge, Justice F. A. Fiberesima, in a ruling on a motion ex parte in two separate suits filed by the governor and the Deputy Governor, Prof. Ngozi Odu, equally granted leave to the claimants and applicants to serve the interim order and originating processes in suit numbers OYHC,7CS,2026 and OYHC,6CS,2026, as well as all subsequent processes meant for the first to 31st defendants, at the gate of the Rivers State Assembly quarters.
The court further directed that the interim order and originating processes in the suits be served on the 32nd defendant, the Chief Judge of the state, through any staff of the judiciary at the Chief Judge’s chambers within the High Court premises.
Justice Fiberesima thereafter adjourned the case to January 23, 2026, for hearing of the motion.
Recall that the lawmakers had on Friday resolved to continue with the impeachment proceedings against the governor and his deputy.
Meanwhile, the four lawmakers who had earlier withdrawn from the impeachment move and urged their colleagues to follow suit recanted their position on Friday, accusing the governor of being recalcitrant.
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