Rivers Assembly Members Loyal To Fubara Heads To Supreme Court, Task INEC To Conduct By-Election To Fill Vacant Seats

Rivers Assembly Speaker Asks INEC To Conduct By-Election To Fill Vacant Seats, Says Pro-Wike Lawmakers Remain Sacked The Speaker emphasized that there cannot be two Houses of Assembly in Rivers State or in any State in Nigeria, adding that Amaewhule and his team in spite of all their pretenses are no longer members of the Rivers State House of Assembly in line with the earlier declaration…

The Speaker of Rivers State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Victor Oko-Jumbo also declared that the State Assembly is appealing the judgment delivered by the Court of Appeal on the jurisdiction of Rivers State High Court to hear the matter on suit number PHC/1512/CS/2024, describing it as a miscarriage of justice.

Rt. Hon. Oko-Jumbo made this known on Friday at the sitting of the Assembly in Port Harcourt, saying that the House has directed its legal team to urgently proceed to the Supreme Court to challenge the ruling by the Appeal Court. He averred that contrary to speculations the Court of Appeal did not make any declaration that Martin Amaewhule & 24 others did not defect from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressive Congress neither did the Appeal Court also declare them as members of the Rivers State House of Assembly.

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The Speaker emphasized that there cannot be two Houses of Assembly in Rivers State or in any State in Nigeria, adding that Amaewhule and his team in spite of all their pretence are no longer members of the Rivers State House of Assembly in line with the earlier declaration by the Rt. Hon. Ehie Edison which has not been vacated by any Court of competent jurisdiction. May 25, 2024

“Once again, we, the legitimate Members of the RSHA hereby call on the Independent National Electoral Commission to promptly conduct a Bye Election to fill the vacant seats in the RSHA.” “We strongly urge the general public to ignore Martin Amaewhule & 24 others in their pretence that they are members of the RSHA” Advertisements Two bills, the Rivers State Transport Company Reform Bill 2024 and Rivers State Emergency Management Bill 2024 passed the first reading of the State House of Assembly.