Leaked Letter Explains Why Rivers State Chief Judge Halted The Constitution Of Impeachment Panel Against Gov. Fubara.

Justice Simeon Chibuzor-Amadi.

A letter allegedly written by the Chief Judge of Rivers State, Justice Simeon Chibuzor-Amadi to the Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Martins Amaewhule has surfaced online.

In the letter, the Chief Judge acknowledged receiving the House’s resolution to set up a seven-man impeachment panel against Governor Siminalayi Fubara but stated that he is restrained by a subsisting High Court order from taking any further action.

The court had ordered following a suit by the Governor and his Deputy, who challenged the impeachment process over alleged improper service of the impeachment notice.

The leaked document also shows that the Speaker and the Rivers State House of Assembly have already appealed the High Court order, with the appeal expressly noted in the same letter.

Despite the development, the Speaker has remained silent, and the letter has not been officially released to the public.

Rivers State’s impeachment battle is now firmly in the courts.