Impeachment: Court Adjourns Fubara's Suit To December 20

 

A Rivers State High Court sitting in Isiokpo has adjourned till December 20, 2023, hearing on a suit brought by Governor Siminalayi Fubara over the impeachment plot against him by the state House of Assembly.

The development followed the appearance of two sets of lawyers, in the defence of Hon Martin Amaewhule-led legislature and the House of Assembly headed by Hon Edison Ehie.

Fubara, had approached the court sitting at Isiokpo, headquarters of Ikwerre local government area of the state, to stop the House, the speaker, the deputy speaker, the clerk of the House and the chief judge of the state, from impeaching him.

The lawyers told the court that they are appearing for two different sets of clerks who are also defendants.

One of the lawyers from the Edison Ehie’s camp, who pleaded for anonymity, in an interview explained that due to the conflicting legal representation, the judge advised them to sort themselves out and return to court over who is the right person representing the defendants.

It was observed that the conflicting legal representation in the current suit instituted by Fubara may not be unconnected to the speakership tussle in the Rivers State House of Assembly following the impeachment proceedings on October 30, 2023.