Day After Assembly Demolition, 27 Rivers Lawmakers Hold Plenary in Quarters
POLITICS DIGEST – The ongoing political crisis in Rivers state on Thursday took a dramatic twist as the Martins Amaewhule-led Rivers State House of Assembly convened a sitting, barely 24 hours after Governor Siminalayi Fubara led the demolition of the Assembly Complex on Moscow Road.
The Amaewhule group held a plenary session at the auditorium of the Assembly Quarters on Aba Road despite a restraining court order.
The sitting by the Amaewhule group came just a day after the five-man group led by Edison Ehie declared vacant, 27 seats of lawmakers in the Amaewhule group for defecting from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
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During Thursday’s plenary by the Amaewhule group, the lawmakers condemned the demolition of the Assembly Complex by the state government.
The lawmaker representing Andoni constituency, Ofiks Kagbang, moved a motion of urgent public importance condemning the demolition, and this was unanimously adopted by the House.
Meanwhile, another member, Major Jack, presented the report on the Rivers State Local Government Amendment Bill to the Speaker which was adopted.
The group’s Speaker also said when this Bill is passed into law it’ll eliminate the governor’s power to dissolve Local Government Executives.
In total, there were 26 lawmakers in attendance even as the group decided to use the auditorium at the Assembly Quarters for their legislative sittings for now.
