₦airaland Forum

Macphenson:
No, he is holding on because the last time he dealt ruthlessly with the coward Wike, the presidency came to Wike's rescue.

How did he deal with Wike? By breaking laws and carrying out all the illegalities that the Supreme Court denounced? Some of you just can't make use of your brains.

Shettima has nothing to offer and should be dumped. The pick was a mistake.

Fubara wants to run the state without the legislature. He is evading scrutiny. Despot.

This fellow is not recognised by the APC. Always causing nuisance.

Mtcheww. That is the only thing they know.

A rogue nation operating by the law of the jungle. Kallas and her Russophobic counterparts have gone silent. Carney was in China recently. Only a matter of time before the USA starts calling Canada a national security threat.

The terrorism and theft by the USA to maintain its hegemony continues.

PDPdestroyer:
When is he renovating the Assembly complex he burned down?

Our money is being wasted to rebuild it. That was the cause of the fear of impeachment. A despot from the onset. Edison Ehie and others who carried out that criminal act are still walking freely. Same Edison was on the private jet when Fubara went to France to meet Tinubu. A governor who surrounds himself with criminals.

id4sho:
Don't forget to employ, promote and pay all allowance

How many years will this begging continue? Since you guys like singing their praises, rather than tell them the truth. Look at the comments here. Yet their roads are bad. Suffering and smiling. He will soon jet out again on our private jet to look for Tinubu.

Just see what South Africa is doing to an ally. BRICS is an unserious bloc.

garykoeman:
So obi party did not rigged in southeast.

Continue decieving yourself.

Don't mind them. I recall seeing videos of supporters of other parties being assaulted and prevented from voting.

Obi supporters are busy deceiving themselves in this thread. Someone who cannot clearly articulate his thoughts or vision for Nigeria. Obi doesn't inspire any sensible person. Even his record in Anambra is nothing to talk about. Organise a debate between Obi and Amaechi, let the people be the judge.

By the doctrine of separation of powers as contained in the constitution, the court has no business interfering with the impeachment process at this stage. The issue of bad faith raised by the author is emotional and baseless. The grounds of the impeachment are clearly stated. It is only in Nigeria you see this type of judicial abuse. When the head of the Judicial branch in the state is helplessly corrupt, this is what you get.

I was surprised to see that the court order restraining the Chief Judge was dated 16th January 2026. This is because on the day the Assembly commenced this current impeachment, a senior staff member of the Rivers State judiciary was quoted as a source in a news report that there was an existing order barring the Chief Judge. However, the order we saw was given yesterday. The judiciary is playing politics. The so-called Chief Judge of Rivers State has made himself a lawless servant of the governor and is bringing the judiciary to ridicule.

Why can't government owned refineries also work? Nigeria would have been in a better position. This is why countries like China have the death penalty for corruption.

When is the CBN going to look into excessive bank charges? Why are we charged quarterly maintenance fees for our cards? Very poor regulation.

They know they are guilty of gross misconduct. Fubara will continue to battle with crisis and won't achieve anything. Whether he is impeached or not, he still loses. You can't run a state without the legislature in a democracy.

Peace can only return with the departure of Fubara and his deputy. If that happens now, INEC will make preparations for elections to fill the vacancies.

People deal with trauma in different ways. Life goes on.

Impeachment is the solution to a very serious problem. When a governor has decided to rule his state as a despot, it behoves on the legislature to assert the supremacy of the constitution by commencing impeachment. They will always have my support in this process. Fubara and his deputy are recalcitrant and lawless.

The current Chief Judge of Rivers State with the allegation of forgery dangling over his head is an embarrassment and shamelessly corrupt. In saner climes, he would be out of office and under prosecution. The man is a politician masquerading as a judge. By his conducts, he has consistently shown that he believes the judiciary is a department of the Executive Branch. He will end up prolonging this crisis. No governance without legislative inputs and checks.

The judiciary is not yet ready to be independent and taken seriously. In as much as the Chief Judge has chosen to be subservient to the governor and has developed the habit of begging at every public function, he should not interfer with the duties of the legislature. This is the worst administration in Rivers State. Fubara is a mistake.

I have gone through the grounds of impeachment. There is no way the governor escapes any panel without being found liable. The governor and his deputy are clearly guilty of gross misconduct. They can't defend it. That is why they are evading. The Supreme Court had already indicted Fubara as a despot.

The impeachment will proceed and be heard on its merits. If the Chief Judge won't perform his function, the lawmakers will proceed and set up the panel. That is the only option. They must perform their constitutional duty. If they impeach the governor and his deputy, let them go to the Supreme Court.

The federal government has hired a lobbying firm in a $9 million contract to assist in communicating its actions on protecting Christians in Nigeria to the United States government.

According to the lobbying contract document filed with the US Department of Justice, Aster Legal, a law firm in Kaduna state, hired the services of DCI Group on behalf of Nuhu Ribadu, the national security adviser.

DCI Group is a US-based public affairs and lobbying firm.

The agreement was signed by Oyetunji Olalekan Teslim, the managing partner of Aster Legal, and Justin Peterson, managing member of DCI group, on December 17, 2025.

According to the contract details, the American lobbying firm is expected to “assist the Nigerian government through Aster Legal in communicating its actions to protect Nigerian Christian communities and maintaining U.S support in countering West African jihadist groups and other destabilizing elements”.

It was agreed that the contract would be for six months until June 30, 2026, and would be automatically renewed for another six months.

The contract includes a clause that stipulates that any party in the case can terminate the agreement for any reason without penalty by providing 60 days’ advance written notice of termination to the other party.

On December 12, Nigeria paid the American lobbying firm the sum of $4.5 million as a six-month retainer pre-payment for the contract.

“Client shall pay Consultant a monthly retainer seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($750,000; being full payment of professional fees and expenses covered under this agreement). The monthly payment shall be made in two (2) six-month installments of four million five hundred thousand dollars ($4,500,000) one due (a) upon execution of this Agreement and the other (b) upon expiration of six months from the effective date,” the fee & expenses section of the contract reads.

The federal government hired the American lobbying firm amid the interest of the US government in reports of killings of Christians in Nigeria.

In October, Trump redesignated Nigeria as a ‘country of particular concern’ in response to allegations of a Christian genocide in the country.

The Nigerian government had repeatedly denied the Christian genocide claim and promised to engage with the US government.

In November, US President Donald Trump had threatened to go into Nigeria “guns-a-blazing to wipe out the terrorists killing our cherished Christians”, after some US politicians repeatedly claimed that there was a genocide against Christians in the West African nation.

On Christmas Day, the US launched air strikes against two terrorist enclaves in Bauni forest in Tangaza LGA, Sokoto state.

https://www.thecable.ng/fg-hires-lobbying-firm-for-9m-to-communicate-christian-protection-efforts-to-us/

An economy propped up by illegality.

phantomxx:
No

You are funny! 😂

You claim to understand Rivers politics yet don't know what's going on.

Your Nyesom Wike has been cautioned.

The drama you are witnessing was written and directed by him.
He doesn't want to make it look like he stopped the impeachment because Tinubu weighed in.

He's doing this to give the impression that it was the lawmakers that finally "grew a conscience" and decided to stop impeachment proceedings.

Your impeachment of Fubara was dead on arrival.
Your 27 clowns knew they had nothing to hold over Fubara.

The infractions they claim he committed was a huge joke.

By the way, prepare to see another two or three lawmakers come out either tomorrow, next tomorrow or on Monday next week with a similar modus.

Some of you can't properly observe because of your bias. Speculation is not understanding.

Mtcheww. Every time. Yet they won't leave other countries alone. Causing chaos everywhere.

You omitted the part where they acknowledged that he committed impeachable offences. Anyway, they are making a big mistake, just like the previous two. If this is a result of bribery, we shall find out when the Assembly resumes sitting.

If a governor has committed gross misconduct against the constitution, what is the remedy? Nothing wrong with impeaching Fubara, considering his recalcitrance. I don't know what people are celebrating. This crisis will never end until Fubara leaves office.

A governor cannot govern a state in a democracy without the legislature. These deviants are trying to reward the governor's lawlessness that was condemned by our courts, all the way to the Supreme Court.

The constitution says the governor will be served, but didn't explicitly state that it must be personal. The Speaker knows how correspondence are sent to the governor. The governor trying to evade will only show how guilty he is.

The essence of service is to bring a person's attention to the existence of a legal action. This impeachment has been widely publicised, so the governor cannot feign ignorance of it.

If the Speaker has effected service and the governor continues to tell lies of nonservice, they will proceed with the process, whether he chooses to defend himself or not.

Farmsolution:
What why it's useless or of no importance arguing with people like this. You think everyone is your slave and you have this domineering style of life. Listen and listen good. Your ego and that of wike is of no use to us here. Wike neither owns rivers not is it his family heritage.

I just break down when I read comments from people of low will who are. Satisfied with been conquered. I just feel like you need to open your brain up . I can t be satisfied with you been conquered. Never ?

How can someone be in two parties at a time, does that makes sense to you ? Is that not greed and who is he to think he is a political superstar. There is no world champion anywhere, what we have is a current champion. Wike's time has expired , tell him to go and rest as a former governor, he is too power obssed.

Uncontrolled emotions. I just stated the obvious. An agreement not to go for a 2nd term has nothing to do with party affiliations. It is disingenuous to state otherwise. You can support your treacherous and dishonourable Fubara, but don't make dumb arguments like that.

cr7lomo:
Anything fubara signed or agreed with wike is illegal.....in a serious country....wike should have resigned and then arrested

You guys are just too emotional. What did Fubara sign or agree to that is illegal?

Farmsolution:
Oga that agreement was binding when fubara was a pdp member. They left the lacuna open, forgetting they once fubara moves to APC he will get the support of most APC governors and stalwarts.

This is a dumb argument. Unfortunately, it is prevalent in Rivers State among gullible supporters of Fubara.

An agreement NOT TO RE-CONTEST in an election has nothing to do with switching parties. No matter the party Fubara joins, that agreement remains. Fubara is just as clueless as his supporters.

Fubara is a liability and treacherous. Any person depending on him is unwise.

The Opobo snake will never change.

He also sang Wike's praises. The fact is that Odili is a turncoat. He attaches to any government in power to milk state resources. Amaechi ignored him after his betrayal. When Wike was singing the praises of Odili, I knew he was being overly flattering because he didn't deserve it. Odili solidified corruption in Rivers State. I classify him as the worst governor of the state.

Fubara is a handpicked civil servant with a useless ego, which makes him unable to appear before the legislators and perform his constitutional functions. Unfortunately for him, the state can't be governed without the legislators.

A notorious ingrate who only wants benefits without responsibilities. It is why he has refused to honour agreements. He prefers this atmosphere of division, but unfortunately for him, progress cannot be made this way.

The only way this crisis ends is with the removal of the despot called Fubara from office. So long as he remains in office, the crisis will continue.