Amaechi files suit against House, Speaker over impeachment plot

RIVERS State Governor Rotimi Amaechi yesterday moved to stop the alleged plot by the State House of Assembly to impeach him.

He filed a suit at a State High Court against the House and its 32 members, seeking judicial protection against the purported plan to remove by illegal and unconstitutional means from office.

In the suit filed yesterday before Justice George Omereji in Port Harcourt, Amaechi prayed the court to halt any moves by the lawmakers to impeach him illegally or unconstitutionally.

The suit is entitled “Between the Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi and the RSHA, the Speaker RSHA, Otelemaba Dan-Amachree and 31 members of the state Legislative Assembly.”

The Nation