The Rivers State House of Assembly has suspended impeachment proceedings against Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his deputy, Ngozi Odu, following the intervention of President Bola Tinubu earlier this month. The decision was made during Thursday’s plenary at the Assembly’s resumed sitting in Port Harcourt, the state capital.

At the Assembly’s first sitting in 2026, lawmakers had commenced impeachment proceedings against Fubara and Odu over alleged gross misconduct, according to PUNCH Online. During the plenary presided over by the Speaker, the Majority Leader, Major Jack, read a notice listing allegations that included the demolition of the Assembly complex, extra-budgetary spending, withholding funds intended for the Assembly Service Commission, and an alleged refusal to comply with a Supreme Court ruling on the legislature’s financial autonomy.

The impeachment notices were issued under Section 188 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended). On January 16, 2026, the Assembly requested the state Chief Judge, Justice Simeon Amadi, to constitute a seven-member panel to probe the allegations. Justice Amadi declined, citing a subsisting High Court injunction that barred him from taking action. Both Fubara and Odu had separately secured injunctions restraining the Chief Judge from acting on the Assembly’s request, though the Speaker and House subsequently appealed the restraining order.

The impeachment process followed accusations by Minister of the Federal Capital Territory Nyesom Wike that Fubara had reneged on a peace deal brokered by President Tinubu in 2025. On February 8, Tinubu met with both Fubara and Wike at Aso Rock, Abuja, in what was seen as a decisive intervention to resolve the lingering political crisis in Rivers State.

Wike confirmed the meeting, expressing optimism that the President’s involvement could pave the way for a lasting political resolution. With the House’s decision to suspend impeachment, attention now turns to restoring stability and promoting reconciliation in the state’s leadership.