Before Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu declared a state of emergency in Rivers and suspended Simnilayi Fubara, the River State Governor; Ngozi Nma Odu, his deputy; and the members of the state’s house of assembly over the ongoing political crisis in the state on Tuesday evening, there were already moves to impeach Fubara as the governor of the state.
If he had been impeached, Fubara would have joined Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, Rashidi Ladoja, and other former state governors who have been kicked out of their offices through impeachments in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic.
Below is a comprehensive list of governors who went down in history as impeached governors since 1999 and the circumstances that surrounded their impeachment:
1. Diepreye Alamieyeseigha
Alamieyeseigha was the first civilian governor of Bayelsa when Nigeria returned to democracy in the Fourth Republic.
He…
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