A Rivers State High Court sitting in Oyigbo in Oyigbo Local Government Area of Rivers State has issued an interim injunction restraining the State Chief Judge, Justice Simeon Amadi, from receiving, forwarding, considering or in any way acting on any request, resolution, articles of impeachment or other document from the State House of Assembly.
The order, which was issued on Friday, January 16, 2026, also restrained the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Martin Amaewhule, and two others, including the Clerk of the House, from sending any correspondence to the Chief Judge of the State.
The presiding judge in Suits Nos. OYHC/7/CS/2026 and OYHC/6/CS/2026, Justice Florence Fiberesima, gave the rulings on both motions ex parte in two separate suits filed by the State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, and his deputy, Profssor Ngozi Odu.
She also granted the claimants/applicants leave to serve the interim order and the originating processes, as well as all subsequent processes meant for the first to 31st defendants at the gate of the Rivers State Assembly quarters.
The interim orders restrain the Chief Judge from receiving any correspondence from the Assembly for the purpose of constituting a panel to investigate the alleged misconduct against the State Governor and his deputy for seven days.
The court further directed that the interim order and the originating processes in the suits be served on the 32nd defendant, who is the Chief Judge of the State, through any staff of the Judiciary at the Chief Judge’s chambers within the High Court premises.