A Fresh round of crisis has kicked off in Rivers State less than 24 hours after Governor Siminalayi Fubara was denied entry into the State Assembly quarters.
    
The State Assembly, led by Martins Amaewhule, has invited the Department of State Security Service (DSS) to investigate the state’s Chief Judge, Justice Simeon Amadi, over alleged age falsification.
   
This was the subject matter at yesterday’s plenary following the presentation of some key documents to the Speaker by the leader of the House, Mr. Major Jack.
   
After an overwhelming voice vote, the House agreed to invite the DSS to investigate the alleged age falsification by the CJ.
In an event where the governor is to be impeached, it is the Chief Judge of the state that is expected to set up a seven-man panel to investigate the impeachable offences levelled against him by the House.
   
The Chief Judge is also saddled with the responsibility of selecting those he feels would be impartial in carrying the investigation against the governor after which he reverts to the House on the findings of the investigative panel.
 
The current moves, analysts say, are further efforts to pave the way for possible impeachment of the governor, as stripping the CJ, who is standing strong with the governor, could help.

MEANWHILE, Fubara has urged the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Martins Amaewhule, and other lawmakers to also implement their part of the Supreme Court judgment. 
  
The governor said it was necessary to remind the lawmakers that they need to comply with the ruling also, and should do so with a commitment that prioritises the interest of the state. According to the governor, such resolve must engender collective action towards achieving peace in the state because it serves as the potent medium through which all the arms of government can function properly while creating public goods that benefit everyone.

HOWEVER, a former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bode George, has urged President Bola Tinubu to intervene in the escalating crisis in Rivers State by reining in the “inflammatory” rhetoric of former Governor Nyesom Wike.
 
George, who is also the Atona Oodua of Yorubaland, in a statement yesterday, condemned Wike’s recent media parley, describing his comments as “too inflammatory, dangerous, and embarrassing.”   He warned that Wike’s actions could undermine the efforts of the President to find a lasting solution to the crisis in the oil-producing state.
 
The PDP chieftain expressed concerns that Wike’s behaviour could lead to a breakdown of law and order in Rivers State, with far-reaching consequences for the country’s economic stability. 
     
He noted that the state is the “centre of our economic activity and financial strength” and that a crisis there would affect not just Wike but the entire nation.  George questioned Wike’s motives, asking whether he was trying to prove himself as a “godfather” in Rivers State politics.