A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has restrained the Chief Judge of the state, Justice Simeon Chibuzor Amadi, from receiving or acting on any request from the Rivers State House of Assembly to constitute a panel to investigate allegations of gross misconduct against Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his deputy, Prof. Ngozi Odu.

The order was issued by the High Court of Oyibo Local Government Area, sitting in Port Harcourt, following two separate suits instituted by the governor and his deputy. The suits are marked OYHC/7/CS/2026 and OYHC/6/CS/2026, respectively.

In the interim orders of injunction, the court restrained the Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Mr. Martin Amaewhule, alongside 32 other defendants, including the Clerk of the House and the Chief Judge, from taking any steps towards the impeachment of the governor and his deputy.

Specifically, the court barred Justice Amadi from receiving, forwarding, considering, or acting upon any request, resolution, articles of impeachment, or communication from the 1st to the 27th defendants for the purpose of constituting an investigative panel, pending further proceedings.

The injunction is to subsist for seven days, pending the determination of the motion on notice.

The ruling was delivered by Justice F. A. Fiberesima, who granted the motions ex parte filed by the claimants.

Justice Fiberesima also granted leave to the applicants to serve the interim orders and originating processes on the 1st to the 31st defendants by substituted service, through pasting the court documents at the gate of the Rivers State House of Assembly Quarters.

In addition, the court directed that the court processes be served on the 32nd defendant, the Chief Judge of Rivers State, through any judicial staff member at the Chief Judge’s Chambers within the High Court premises.

The matter was subsequently adjourned to January 23, 2026, for the hearing of the motion on notice.