…As four pro-Fubara lawmakers make U-turn
Our Reporter, Abuja; Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia
The Rivers State House of Assembly, Friday, vowed to push ahead with the impeachment process against Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his Deputy, Ngozi Odu.
This was announced during a press conference in Port Harcourt.
The lawmakers maintained that “impeachment is constitutional” claiming that the move against Gov Fubara does not have an ethnic agenda.
The Minister Nyesom Wike-controlled Assembly, has refused to back down in the political fued with Gov. Fubara despite the Governor’s recent defection to the All Progressives Congress , APC.
Meanwhile, four members of the Rivers State House of Assembly have reversed their earlier call for an amicable resolution of the political crisis rocking the state, marking a sharp shift in tone days after appealing for dialogue.
The lawmakers are the Minority Leader of the House, Sylvanus Nwankwo; Peter Abbey, representing Degema Constituency; Barile Nwakoh of Khana Constituency I; and Emilia Amadi of Obio/Akpor Constituency II.
The lawmakers made the U-turn on Friday during a live broadcast aired from the frontage of the Rivers State House of Assembly complex.
Speaking during the broadcast, Nwankwo recalled that he and Abbey had earlier urged restraint and political engagement to resolve the standoff between the legislature and the executive.
“You will recall that on the 12th day of January 2026, myself and my colleague, Honourable Peter Abbey, addressed the press, wherein we made a plea to our colleagues to seek for a political solution to this impasse that is going on between the Assembly and the Governor of Rivers State,” Nwankwo said.
However, the lawmakers said subsequent developments had informed their decision to withdraw from that position, signalling a new stance in the ongoing political confrontation at the Rivers State House of Assembly.
The reversal comes amid heightened tension between the Assembly and Governor Siminalayi Fubara, with the political crisis continuing to generate uncertainty over governance in the oil-rich state.
Details of the lawmakers’ new position were outlined during the broadcast, as the crisis shows no immediate signs of abating.
