Breaking : Rivers Assembly Begins Impeachment Proceedings Against Governor Fubara

Members of the Rivers State House of Assembly, this morning, commenced impeachment proceedings against Governor Sim Fubara.

The exercise commenced on Today Thursday January 8, 3026 and if it succeeds, it would see the removal of Fubara from office by the Dtate Assembly .

This is coming less than less than four months after he was restored as the Governor of the oil-rich state from a six-month suspension on democracy in the state.

In March 2025, President Bola Tinubu suspended Fubara and the Rivers State House of Assembly over political tension between the Governor and his predecessor, Mr Nyesom Wike, who is now the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja.

A peace deal was reportedly brokered by Mr Tinubu between Mr Fubara and Mr Wike but things fell apart a few months after.

The Rivers Assembly is populated by loyalists of Wike and has lawmakers from the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).

A few weeks ago, the Governor decamped from the PDP to the APC, in a move described as a masterstroke because it was calculated that it would free Mr. Fubara from the grip of Mr Wike, who has been expelled from the PDP but yet to join the APC.