Lawmakers<\/a> argued that the alleged actions amounted to grave violations of constitutional provisions and undermined the authority of the legislature.<\/p>\nDuring deliberations, several members accused Governor Fubara of what they described as \u201crecalcitrant disobedience\u201d to President Bola Tinubu, claiming that the President had intervened multiple times to broker peace in the state\u2019s lingering political crisis.\n<\/p>\n
According to the legislators, the governor allegedly failed to honour resolutions reached during these peace efforts, thereby worsening the standoff between the executive and the legislature.\n<\/p>\n
As part of the resolutions reached, the Assembly expressly barred Governor Fubara from presenting the Mid-Term Expenditure Framework and the 2026 budget until the conclusion of the probe into the alleged acts of gross misconduct. <\/p>\n
Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Martin Amaewhule, while addressing the chamber, said the Assembly would not abdicate its constitutional responsibilities.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will follow due process to the letter. The law must take its full course,\u201d Amaewhule declared, vowing that the impeachment proceedings would be pursued to their logical conclusion.<\/p>\n
The Speaker further cited a Supreme Court judgment which he claimed indicted both the governor and his deputy, insisting that the unfolding crisis should not be framed as a personal conflict between Governor Fubara and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is not about personalities. The governor is not fighting any individual; he is fighting against the Constitution,\u201d Amaewhule stated.\n<\/p>\n
Outside the Assembly complex, reactions from residents of Rivers State were swift and sharply divided. While some expressed deep concern about the implications of the Assembly\u2019s action on governance, budgeting, and economic stability, others dismissed the move as \u201cthe last kick of a dying horse.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
Critics of the lawmakers alleged that the impeachment move was a desperate attempt to assert relevance after failing to secure direct access to the President to press claims that the governor breached earlier political agreements.\n<\/p>\n
Political analysts say the Assembly\u2019s decision to halt the presentation of the MTEF and 2026 budget marks a decisive turning point in Rivers State\u2019s prolonged power struggle\u2014one that could either redefine the state\u2019s political trajectory or further entrench divisions.<\/p>\n
As the probe unfolds, attention remains firmly fixed on both the Assembly and the governor\u2019s camp, with many awaiting the next development in what has become one of the most dramatic political crises in Rivers State\u2019s recent history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Governor Siminilayi Fubara of Rivers State Political tension escalated in Rivers State on Thursday as the 10th Rivers…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12186,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[8312,2007,4683,122,1933],"class_list":{"0":"post-12185","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nigeria","8":"tag-assembly","9":"tag-budget","10":"tag-fubara","11":"tag-nigeria","12":"tag-rivers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12185"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12185\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}