Bayelsa State Deputy Governor, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, has taken the State House of Assembly to court over an alleged plan to impeach him.
The suit, filed at the Federal High Court in Abuja, is marked FHC/ABJ/CS/221/2025.
Ewhrudjakpo claimed the lawmakers were being pressured to remove him from office because he refused to resign from the People's Democratic Party (PDP), the platform on which he and Governor Douye Diri were elected.
Governor Diri recently left the PDP for the All Progressives Congress (APC), but Ewhrudjakpo has remained in the party.
Through his lawyer, Reuben Egwuaba, the deputy governor alleged that some local government chairpersons, including Alice Tange of Sagbama Local Government Area, were also facing threats of removal for staying in the PDP.
He is asking the court to stop the Assembly from initiating or conducting any impeachment proceedings against him, arguing that such action would violate several provisions of the 1999 Constitution.
Ewhrudjakpo also wants the court to restrain the Assembly from recognizing any APC member as Bayelsa’s deputy governor.
The suit further seeks an order preventing the Inspector-General of Police, the DSS Director-General, and the Bayelsa Attorney-General from withdrawing his security until the motion is determined.
Justice Emeka Nwite has ordered all the defendants, including the Assembly, its Speaker, the IGP, DSS, and others, to appear in court on November 13, to show cause before any interim orders are granted.
