A Rivers State High has stopped the state House of Assembly from going ahead with the impeachment process against the state Governor, Similayi Fubara and his deputy, Prof. Ngozi Odu.
The court order will last for seven days, when both parties, tje Executive and the legislators are forbidden from taken any further action on the governor’s impeachment.
Earlier, the lawmakers had voted to go ahead to advise the Chief Judge of the state to investigate into the allegations of gross misconducts against Governor and his deputy with all the house members supporting the motion for investigation, with no abstention.
The lawmakers, which sat briefly in Port Harcourt, said the governor had not made any effort to reach out for political settlement of the crisis, and adjourned to a later date.
Earlier, the four members who appealed to the colleagues for political solution, rescinded their position.
Indeed, the impeachment notice accused Fubara of gross misconduct, citing allegations including the demolition of the Assembly complex, extra-budgetary spending, and defiance of a Supreme Court ruling on legislative autonomy.
Also, the Minority Leader of the House and representative of Omuma State Constituency, Sylvanus Nwankwo, had called on the Assembly to exercise restraint.
The House has given a 14 days window for the governor and his deputy to respond appropriately to the allegations of gross misconduct against the governor.
Dele Fashomi, seasoned journalist and communication teacher, is a holder of Master of Arts degree in Communication and Language Arts from the University of Ibadan in 1992/93.
Earlier, he had bagged a Bachelor degree from the same university in 1984, after which he proceeded to the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Lagos, in 1990, for a postgraduate diploma in Journalism.
He had done many courses in communication, including the EU-BBC Editing Course in 2002.
Mr. Fashomi combines effectively the practice, research and teaching of communication. And to date, he has published two academic works in communication: Issues in Communication Technology and Policy (2010) and Economic and Social Issues in Advertising and PR (2013).
He had his first break in the Nigerian media in Concord Newspapers in 1990 and today, he has over two and half decades experience earned in several newspapers.
He has been part of many start-ups, such as The Republic (1987), The Comet (1999), The Anchor 2001 – 2002; Sun Newspapers (2003); Westerner newsmagazine (2005 – 2010) as Editor; National Life (2011) as Sunday Editor, and Newswatch Newspapers (2012- 2016) as Daily Editor.
Dele Fashomi is now the Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of Newstide247.com newspaper online, which he started in July 2015. He is also into biography writing, with many books in his trail, some of which he wrote alone and one he co- authored with his mentor, Mr Dare Babarinsa, entitled: Olabiyi Durojaiye – DARE TO BE DiFFERENT. He also guided and collaborated with Pa Olatunji Odusanya in writing his autobiography – AGAINST ALL ODDS. There are many other books in the works under his pen.
