Bayelsa State Deputy Governor, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, has taken legal action against the state house of assembly over an alleged plan to impeach him.
In a suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/221/2025, Ewhrudjakpo claimed that lawmakers were being pressured to remove him for refusing to defect from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) — the party under which he and Governor Douye Diri were elected.
Governor Diri recently resigned from the PDP, but Ewhrudjakpo has chosen to remain.
Through his lawyer, Reuben Egwuaba, the deputy governor told the Federal High Court in Abuja that some local government chairpersons, including Alice Tange of Sagbama LGA, were also facing threats for staying with the PDP.
Ewhrudjakpo is seeking interim court orders to stop the Bayelsa House of Assembly from impeaching him contrary to sections 188(5)-(9), (11) and 36(1) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended).
He argued that his refusal to join the All Progressives Congress (APC) or any other party should not be a ground for removal before his tenure ends.
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