27 Rivers Assembly lawmakers formally withdraw impeachment notice against Gov Fubara

The 27 members of the Rivers State House of Assembly, on Wednesday, commenced parallel sitting in Port Harcourt, the State capital.

The lawmakers led by Martin Amaewhule convened at the House of Assembly quarters.

The notice of withdrawal was contained in a letter signed by the 27 – although one of them was hospitalised and not in attendance – of them and read out by their Speaker, Martins Amaewhule.

Amaewhule said it was in line with the conflict resolution intervention instituted by President Bola Tinubu.

The oil-rich State has been embroiled in a crisis following a rift between Wike and his successor, Fubara.

As part of measures to resolve the rift, President Bola Tinubu met with the warring parties in consultation with the former governor of the State, Dr Peter Odili.

A truce was brokered at the Aso Villa in Abuja.

The rift between Wike and Fubara split lawmakers in the House with 27 of them decamping from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), a party in whose central government Wike currently serves as minister.

The feud also saw the emergence of parallel sittings, an impeachment plot against the governor, the demolition of the Assembly complex, and a gale of resignations of pro-Wike commissioners in Fubara’s cabinet.

The President and some elder statesmen had intervened in the crisis earlier in October but it degenerated into a full-blown fight.

Resolutions

However, after Monday’s meeting, the warring parties agreed that all matters instituted in the courts by Fubara, and his team, be withdrawn immediately.

Fubara, Wike, Amaewhule and others involved in the crisis signed the agreement.

The National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, also signed the document.

The feud also saw the emergence of parallel sittings, an impeachment plot against the governor, the demolition of the Assembly complex, and a gale of resignations of pro-Wike commissioners in Fubara’s cabinet.

The President and some elder statesmen had intervened in the crisis earlier in October but it degenerated into a full-blown fight.

It remains to be seen whether the governor will keep to his own side of the peace agreement.

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