Justice F.A. Fiberesima of the Rivers State High Court sitting in Oyigbo Local Government Area, Port Harcourt, on Friday, January 16, 2026, issued an interim injunction restraining the Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Martin Amaewhule, and two others, including the Clerk of the House, from sending any correspondence to the Chief Judge of the state regarding the impeachment of Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his deputy, Prof. Ngozi Odu.
Justice Fiberesima further restrained the Chief Judge of Rivers State, Justice Simeon Amadi, from receiving, forwarding, considering, or in any way acting on any request, resolution, articles of impeachment, or other document from the first to the 27th defendants for the purpose of constituting a panel to investigate the alleged misconduct against the state governor and his deputy for seven days.
Ruling on a motion ex parte in two separate suits filed by Governor Fubara and the Deputy Governor Odu, the judge also granted leave to the claimants/applicants to serve the interim order and the originating processes in Suit No. OYHC/7CS/2026 and Suit No. OYHC/6/CS/2026, as well as all subsequent processes meant for the first to the 31st defendants at the gate of the Rivers State Assembly quarters.
The court further directed that the interim order and the originating processes in the suits be served on the 32nd defendant, who is the Chief Judge of the state, through any staff of the judiciary at the Chief Judge’s chambers within the High Court premises.
Justice Fiberesima, thereafter, adjourned the case to January 23, 2026, for the hearing of the motion.
