Justice Florence Fiberersima of the Port Harcourt High Court has issued an interim order restraining the chief judge of Rivers from receiving or acting on any impeachment notice against Siminalayi Fubara, the state Governor, and his Deputy, Ngozi Odu.
The Rivers State House of Assembly had asked the Chief Judge of the state to constitute a panel to probe the governor and his deputy on allegations of gross misconduct
Fiberersima, the presiding judge following two separate suits filed by Fubara and his deputy, marked OYHC/7/CS/2026 and OYHC/6/CS/2026. barred the chief judge from receiving, forwarding, considering, or acting on any request, resolution, or articles of impeachment from members of the Rivers State House of Assembly.
The order reads:
“That an Interim Injunction is hereby made restraining the 32h Defendant i.e. The Hon Chief Judge of Rivers State from receiving, forwarding. considering and/or howsoever acting on any request, resolution, articles of impeachment
Or other documents or communication from the 1-27th and 31st Defendants for the purpose of constituting a panel to investigate the purported allegations of misconduet against the Clarmant/Applicant for seven days,”
Justice Fiberersima also said the order and court processes can be served on the defendants by pasting them at the gate of the Rivers state house of assembly and serving staff at the chief judge’s chambers.
The cases were adjourned to January 23, 2026, for hearing of the motion.
Listed in the suit as defendants are the speaker and members of the Rivers state house of assembly alongside the clerk of the assembly and the chief judge of Rivers state.
