‘Heaven won’t fall if Fubara is impeached’, says Wike

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has stated that there would be no consequences if the Rivers State House of Assembly, led by Martins Amaewhule, impeached Governor Siminalayi Fubara.  

Speaking during a media parley in Abuja on Wednesday, March 12, 2025, Wike argued that the lawmakers had the constitutional right to remove the governor if he committed impeachable offenses.

He accused Fubara of withholding their salaries for months, which he claimed justified possible impeachment proceedings.

He said, “If you have committed an offence to be impeached, what’s wrong? Is it a criminal offence? It’s provided in the constitution. Am I a member of the Assembly?

“If you have committed an infraction of the constitution and the Assembly deems it fit to say, you should be impeached.

“I have heard people say: ‘Oh, if they impeach him, there will be a breakdown of law and order’. Rubbish! Nothing will happen.”

The ex-governor argued that the Amaewhule-led House could have gone on a six-month recess after the Supreme Court judgment if the Assembly had not been disposed to peace.

Wike also rubbished Fubara’s letter to the lawmakers, saying he should have done better.

It would be recalled that on Friday, February 28, 2025, the Supreme Court dismissed Fubara’s cross-appeal challenging the validity of the House of Assembly presided over by Amaewhule as the Speaker.

In the judgment delivered by Justice Emmanuel Akomaye, the apex court ordered Amaewhule to resume sitting immediately with other elected members of the Rivers State House of Assembly.

The court also barred the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), the Accountant General of the Federation, and other agencies from releasing funds to the Government of Rivers State until its House of Assembly set up aligns with the dictate of the Nigerian Constitution.

The Supreme Court further ruled that the local government election conducted in the state in October 2024 was invalid.