The political crisis in Rivers State took a dramatic turn yesterday as a Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt issued an interim order restraining the Chief Judge of the state, Justice Simeon Chibuzor Amadi, from receiving or acting on any directive from the Rivers State House of Assembly regarding moves to impeach Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his deputy, Prof. Ngozi Nma Odu.
The State House of Assembly had earlier in the day when it resumed its plenary unanimously resolved to go ahead with the impeachment process by sending a letter to the Chief Judge to constitute a 7-man panel to investigate allegations of gross misconduct levelled against Governor Siminialayi Fubara and his deputy, Prof Ngozi Nma Odu. All the 25 lawmakers present at the proceedings voted by show of hands in favour continuing with the impeachment process including the four members who had earlier opted to seek political solution to the crisis instead of impeachment.
