The 27 members of the Rivers State House of Assembly loyal to the minister of FCT, Nyesom Wike, on Wednesday commenced sitting in Port Harcourt, the state capital.
The lawmakers led by factional Speaker Martin Amaewhule convened at the House of Assembly quarters and withdraw their impeachment notice against Governor Siminalayi Fubara.
The notice of withdrawal was contained in a letter signed by the 27 – although one of them was hospitalised and wasn’t in attendance as the letter was read out by their Speaker, Martins Amaewhule.
Amaewhule said the notice of withdrawal of impeachment was in line with the conflict resolution intervention instituted by the President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
The garden city state has been marred by political crisis following a rift between Wike and his successor, 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 and other stakeholders from Rivers State as truce was brokered at the Aso Villa in Abuja.
The feud between Wike and Fubara led to an attempted impeachment of the governor, the division of the House of Assembly that led to having two Factional Speakers, the demolition of the Assembly building, the defection of 27 lawmakers from People’s Democratic Party PDP to All Progressive Congress APC, declaration of the defected lawmakers seat vacant, presentation of budget to four lawmakers by the governor and signing of the budget, and the intervention of President Tinubu which led to a truce as eight points resolutions were adopted by warring factions.
However, after Monday’s meeting, the warring parties agreed that all matters instituted in the courts by Fubara, and his team, be withdrawn immediately.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 in a resolution document obtained by the Nigerian Observer. The National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, also signed the document.
The President and some elder statesmen had earlier intervened in the crisis in October but it degenerated into a full-blown fight.
The onus is now on the governor, Fubara whether he will keep to his own side of the peace agreement.
