Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara
The members of the Rivers State House of Assembly have withdrawn the impeachment notice earlier sent to the state governor, Siminalayi Fubara.
The lawmakers announced the withdrawal in a notice read at plenary in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, on Wednesday, December 20, 2023.
The lawmakers cited a respect for President Bola Tinubu as the reason behind their move.
It would be recalled that President Tinubu, on Monday night, intervened in the political crisis in Rivers State.
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Tinubu, in an eight-point resolution signed at the end of a meeting with political heavyweights, including the former governor of the state and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, on Monday, directed that all lawsuits instituted in courts by Fubara and his team regarding the political crisis in Rivers State be withdrawn immediately.
The president ordered that all impeachment proceedings initiated by the Rivers Assembly against Fubara should be dropped immediately.
Governor Fubara was also directed to re-present the 2024 budget he had earlier presented to five members of the Rivers Assembly to the full House.
The governor and his predecessor, Wike, have been at loggerheads over the control of the state’s political structure.
The feud split the members of the Rivers Assembly with 27 of them defecting from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
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