The political crisis in Rvers State took a new twist yesterday When Hon . Victor Oko Jumbo, loyal to Governor Sim Fubara, emerged as the new factioal leader of the state house of assembly
Two members of the Rivers State House of Assembly elected Hon. Victor Jumbo as the new factional speaker.
In a startling proclamation, the newly elected Speaker, Hon. Victor Oko-Jumbo, boldly declares that the actions carried out by the faction led by Amaewhule are null and void.
The House also announced that any measures undertaken by members of the factional Assembly under the leadership of Hon. Martin Amaewhule as void and a nullity, they urged Governor Siminalayi Fubara to cease interactions with the former legislators who lost their positions due to defection.
During his speech to the assembly, the Speaker, Rt. Edison Ogerenya Ehie, adhered to section 92(1) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 as amended.
The Speaker observed that since the House’s previous session on December 13, 2023, followed by its adjournment sine die, a significant amount of legislative misconduct has occurred involving 25 former members of the 10th Rivers State House of Assembly, under the leadership of the former Speaker, Rt. Martin Chike Amaewhule.
