Rivers Politics Gets Messier As LawyersMove To Recall 26 Rivers Lawmakers, WriteINEC For Voters Register

Legislative lawyers under the aegis of Association of Legislative Drafting and
Advocacy Practitioners, ALDRAP, have commenced moves to recall 26 members
of the Rivers State House of Assembly, including the Speaker Martin Amaewhule,
over the impeachment proceedings initiated by the lawmakers against Governor
Sim Fubara.
According to a report on DAILY POST, the Rivers lawmakers had on Thursday
commenced an impeachment process against Fubara, accusing him of gross
misconduct, including financial misappropriation.
ALDRAP disclosed the commencement of the recall process in a letter addressed
to the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
In the letter, the lawyersassociation demanded certified true copies, CTCs, of the voters register of all the state constituencies in Rivers State.
The legislative lawyers` association, in the letter obtained by DAILY POST on
Friday, said several of its members are constituents of the said lawmakers and as
such, it has the legal right to initiate the recall process.
ALDRAP put INEC on notice that it would go to court to press for the release of
the CTCs of the voters registers if the Commission fails to make them available.
Parts of the letter dated January 8, 2026, and signed by ALDRAP Secretary, Dr
Tonye Clinton Jaja, SCN, read, “Notice of commencement of recall of Rt. Hon.
Martin Amaewhule, Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly and 25 other
legislators of the House of Assembly who signed the impeachment notice dated 8th
January 2026 and request for certified true copies (CTCs) of the voter register of
all the state constituencies of the Rivers State House of Assembly.

“Contrary to the judgment of February 2025 of the Supreme Court of Nigeria that
enjoined the members of the Rivers State House of Assembly to work in peaceful
harmony with the Governor of Rivers State by exploring and exhausting amicable
methods to resolve conflicts, the members of the Rivers State Houseof Assembly
have once again initiated belligerent methods.
“Ironically, both the Governor of Rivers State and the said members of the Rivers
State House of Assembly are members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and
ought to have explored and exhausted internal dispute resolution mechanisms.
“In light of the foregoing, as a public interest organisation of lawyers majority of
whom are constituents of all state constituencies of the Rivers State House of
Assembly, we hereby demand the aforementioned certified true copies (CTC) and
put your Commission on notice.”
In a further reaction to the development, ALDRAP declared that the impeachment
notice is dead on arrival because the lawmakers referred to Governor Fubara as
“madam” in the letter addressed to him.
“The letter of notice of impeachment against Governor Fubara is dead on arrival
for two legal reasons: (1) Fundamental flaw of addressing Governor Fubara as
“madam” and (2) the constituents of Rivers State did not endorse or authorize the
lawmakers of Rivers State House of Assembly to commence impeachment against
Governor Fubara,” ALDRAP said.