Our reporter/ The 26 members of the Rivers State House of Assembly has withdrawn the impeachment notice served on governor Siminalayi Fubara.
The lawmakers led by Martin Amaewhule convened at the House of Assembly quarters on Wednesday where they took the decision.
The notice of withdrawal was contained in a letter signed by the 27 – although one of them was hospitalised and wasn’t in attendance and read out by their Speaker, Martins Amaewhule.
Amaewhule said this was in line with the conflict resolution intervention instituted by the President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Rivers state has been embroiled in a crisis following a rift between Wike and his predecessor, 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.
However, after Monday’s meeting withTinubu, the warring parties agreed that all matters instituted in the courts by Fubara, and his team, be withdrawn immediately.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.
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