The Rivers State House of Assembly has summoned the Managing Director of Heirs Energies Limited and members of the company’s management team to appear before it on July 20, 2026, over their failure to honour repeated invitations regarding a petition before its Committee on Public Complaints and Petitions.
The resolution followed the adoption of the committee’s report during Monday’s Fourth Legislative Sitting of the Fourth Session, where lawmakers described the company’s refusal to appear as an affront to the authority of the Assembly.
The House warned that it would invoke Section 129 of the Constitution to issue a warrant compelling the company’s officials to appear if they fail to honour the summons.
Speaker Martin Chike Amaewhule said the Assembly would not condone what he described as the company’s impudence, noting that the Constitution empowers the legislature to summon any individual to provide evidence relevant to matters under investigation.
The petition under consideration was filed by Omuohia Community in Igwuruta Town. The Assembly had, at its previous sitting, also criticised Heirs Energies for failing to appear before the committee.
Meanwhile, the House also adopted the recommendations of the Committee on Public Complaints and Petitions on the oil spill in B-Dere Community involving Renaissance Africa Energy Company Limited.
The committee affirmed that the compensation paid to affected residents and the community was fair and reasonable, considering the environmental damage caused by the oil spill resulting from the company’s equipment failure.
It reported that Renaissance Africa Energy Company Limited paid ₦120 million as compensation and carried out a medical outreach worth over ₦100 million in line with the recommendations of an independent consultant.
The Assembly further urged the company to carry out a comprehensive cleanup and remediation of the affected environment in the interest of public health, noting that remediation work is already ongoing in the impacted areas.
The House had received the committee’s report on the oil spill involving the 24-inch Ogale-Bonny Pipeline during its legislative sitting last week.
