Twenty-six members of the Rivers State House of Assembly have reportedly held a plenary session at the auditorium of the assembly residential quarters.
This comes after Governor Siminalayi Fubara ordered the demolition of the Assembly Complex, citing the need to rebuild a suitable structure following an “arson attack” that occurred on October 29, 2023.
The lawmakers, who recently defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC), are reportedly being backed by the minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
The sitting by the faction led by Martins Amaewhule follows the declaration of their seats vacant by the five-man group led by Edison Ehie on Wednesday for defecting.
During Thursday’s plenary by the Amaewhule group, the lawmakers condemned the demolition of the Assembly Complex by the state government.
The lawmaker representing the Andoni constituency, Ofiks Kagbang, moved a motion of urgent public importance condemning the demolition, and this was unanimously adopted by the House.
Another member, Major Jack, presented the report on the Rivers State Local Government Amendment Bill to the Speaker, which was adopted.
Amaewhule said when this Bill is passed into law, it will eliminate the governor’s power to dissolve Local Government Executives.
You’re bunch of illiterate whom Wike is pushing to the moulds. Remember Wike spend the Rivers State government on you not his hard earned money. Give yourself brain the money spent on you by Wike is a national cake you’re entitled from the government of past government. Don’t kill yourself because of someone. Remember history will be written about you either good or bad.
The biggest mistake the people of Rivers state would ever do is allow this demon and evil minded party called APC to take over the state. APC is a bad omen. They portray evil, backwardness, as well as negativity. They will do everything to take over Rivers, but God will stand for u people.
APC kill you there mumu
Look at this political animal talking as if you know what is going on in Rivers
Did you try to find out the source of the brohaha
So mind your language
Politics is about governance. The legislature is the symbol of democracy. Fubara the Governor should forget about people claiming to be on his side. Let him by all means see his predecessor as God sent to him and be grateful to him. Becoming a Governor without a backup cannot be feasible. He would have shown disobedient at the time of the primary and general election and must have seen if those that are supporting. him to pitch a different tent with his predecessor would have brought him to where he is today. One good turn deserves another. I pray for Fubara’s loyalty and Wikes understanding and their movement of same direction. God bless all of us.
U are a fool
What happens between Wike & Amechi? What goes around comes around.
Soon you will understand that majority win the vote
What is your business with this? You are not from River State as a result you should keep quiet and allow them sort themselves out instead of fueling it. Gboromi doloro (busybody).
How dare you?..is Rivers not Nigeria?
Why are you talking balderdash! The legislators met and carried out their legislative functions, you are sentimentaly ranting. Your bias opinion did not allow you to condemn the action of the governor who demolished the House of Assembly building.
You’re right bros. What goes around, comes around!
The same applies to the governor
You are right my dear after all governance is not do or die if you have the mind of the people at heart
Am ashamed of you all the 26 law makers, is this what your constituency voted for you to do in the chamber? You better use your brains, don’t allowed wike to push you to the wall and turn back against you…..
Why woke? Before you demolished assembly you should at least look for a place where they can hold there sitting but he did it bcuz is afraid of inpichment so tell him to do the needful things
Move on my honorable’s I stand with you guys.
Governor Simi fubara does nothing to warrant such decision and desperate move, I am begging you all to keep your sword now and work together with your state governor for the grown and development of River state as a whole…… governor has upper hands against you, go back to PDP and make peace with your state governor simple……
LET THE POOR BREATH!
Please,in my humble opinion,l think these crisis can be resolves amicable, without allowing it snowball into cataclysm as we are witnessing.pls Mr governor engage the stakeholders of river state and visit your dear friend, nyesome wike. Without wike you wouldn’t be the governor in the first place.
Those that fans your ember can stand for you, due time. Learn from ambode saga.n
Mumu house of assemblies member, you are all be hated by river people and a court decision whatever it may be, either you like it or not, you ought to obey it first.
You people are fail totally and nothing on earth not even una Wike can save una.
There’s trouble in River State BAT need to intervene before it becomes Uncontrollable
Na WA o
Who will sign the bill into law, just asking
Time Will tell you who signs the bills
I can’t imagine educated men behaving like Stark Illiterates. SAN Falana had already spoken and so your gathering is in vain. Look at them, smmmmmh.
Let them continue to fool themselves by thinking they are still assembly members by defecting to APC .By law they are no longer Assembly members bcos you are elected under another party so you can’t cross with the votes of the other,those votes belong to the party not you according to the law.When ameachi won his case he was automatically swon in because it was PDP that won the election so the votes of celestine Omeah becomes Ameachi’s votes
Useless politicians
Left for me, I don’t like the decamping. However, it should be noted that Fubara is an ingrate and a betrayal of the highest order.
For the good of the river’s people, Fubara should go back to his source and mend fences with Wike and the state’s assembly. After, the decampees should return to the PDP
Bunch of fools
This, to say the least, is very unfortunate. These are supposed to be “honourable” personalities. Indeed the problem we having in this country is LEADERSHIP. Wrong people are in the helm of affairs….it is sad
You guys are wasting your time, if you never know how powerful a state governor is in His state go and ask Oshomole, infact you have mess up yourself by decamping to APC, big fools
Infact they are fool. Wike only using them to clear road for himself. Is true they should remember edo those that follow oshiomole directive then was out for good 4 years without paid
House members who doesn’t know the Constitution, you defect without knowing the consequences of your action. You are still sitting when the state government doesn’t recognize you, the governor has taken his budget to the house he recognized and Rivers people are behind him. You are all Anti Rivers people, you don’t mean well for this blessed State, I wonder who will pay that sitting allowance. Wake up you all have brains in your head make good use of it to move this state forward and Richer.
Bunch of fools that doesn’t have anything to offer, other than paying loyalty to a tyrant.
Are you working for Minister of FCT or People of River State?
Good question
Frustration is settling in their life. Check some of them will quit Wike’s camp. They are confused. They have been deceived, and are finding it hard to retrace their footsteps. Their end has come. Now, them go sit for rain do their meeting. Drunkards of free sharing money. Shame on you that you are representing the pple, you sold out your integrity for Wike’s porridge. Can you have a governor who wouldn’t assert himself and become a house boy to his predecessor. Where is any governor being controlled by his predecessor? Should every state be Lagos? No be Wike go supervise Edo no be Lagos. Shame on all of you. You have forever divided the state. Make we see how Ikwerrres want to be governor again.
Must you mention Lagos and I believe that Lagos you made mention of is far better than your state
Never you ever punch a hole at the umbrella that gave you shelter when the storm rages.
Never bite the finger that fed you when you hunger
Never you ever challenge your Chi to a wrestling bout
E GET WHY.
Wike gave his all for them , they owe him much gratitude. This is the way forward in the power game, be submissive, be diplomatic, be strategic, it is the way forward
All of you saying Wike this, Wike that: don’t forget he was a public servant not a self made influential politician. He used Rivers resources to make himself very influential and controversial. He used Rivers money to turn and command followers. You become his enemy the moment you try to think for yourself. If not that his tenure was time bound: he wouldn’t mind altering the constitution to remain in power for life. The new governor should be allowed to carry out his duties without distractions regardless of how he came to power. Rivers state and the good people of Rivers state is not Wike’s property.
The of River State are wiser than all this Drama. It’s high time they law makers Concentra in building River State then all this political Drama!
Nigerian politics, breathing through their anus. Just look how stupid they look.
foolish lawmakers u are dancing 2 d tune of some one very soon u will regret what u hv done
Wike he he is not political expert.
This is very shameful to people who supposed to represent the interests of their people but yet the become some tools in another man hand
Wike I hope this message find you, there is time for every season, you have done everything you could for your people eventually your time runs out, another man now comes in,let him run his season too alow God judge.
Disciples of Wike representing yourself not Rivers people. Go to FCT Abuja and hold your meeting. Your boss needs younl now than ever.
DON’T GO INTO THE DARK PART AND START LOOKING FOR LIGHT…FOUNDATION IS EVERYTHING. JESUS IS THE ONLY WAY TO LIGHT.
Falana is also an illiterate. When lawmakers of the PDP under Ben Ayade of cross Rivers defected to APC what happened? When Dave Umahi former governor of Ebonyi state defected to the APC from PDP what happened. Law does not hold the ruling party, at the end the law will be interpreted to favour the ruling party. The end justifies the means (Aristotle).
We should all say no to God fatherlism. Who those wike pay homage to? Or who interrupted his administration? Those Goodluck Jonathan and his wife who were the corner stone of wike’s victory in 2015 ever asked him to take a permission or imposed anyone on him? Look, fubara can’t sign any project without wike’s approval, not even any appointments without wike’s approval. Who’s now the governor? Or is it a crime to get a help?
Not always, it happened in Edo state, the minority remained the really assembly members till there tenure ends, the brain washed majority members lost out, go and verify
Is a shame, those who are elected by thousands of Rivers people to represent their interest have rather chosen to represent the interest of just two persons Wike and Fubara. We are still very Far from democracy
Time Will tell you who signs the bills
Woke is only smart by half and haven’t learn anything. One sure thing is that Jagaban whom he now lick his axe is smarter than him and won’t want him to be seen as another Jagaban in town. Woke will only realize himself by the time he notice that the Jagaban whom he constantly lick his axe is the one pruning his influence in Rivers State
All of you that decamped brought disgrace to yourself, River State, Nigeria & the party that orchestrated the whole crises for their end gain. I want Fubara to go after demolition of their properties in Rivers in the same way Woke is doing in Abuja
Wike is only smart by half and haven’t learn anything. One sure thing is that Jagaban whom he now lick his axe is smarter than him and won’t want him to be seen as another Jagaban in town. Wike will only realize himself by the time he notice that the Jagaban whom he constantly lick his axe is the one pruning his influence in Rivers State
Wike is being paid by this most corrupted government to capture Rivers State for APC, I said it before so as a man that loves money and cheap popularity so much he collected the prize and messed up his State, he started from G5 formation and messed up all the four governors, he always acquire his prize at the detriment of others, now he’s an fct minister, he now went to most corrupted, unscrupulous, unacademic, unruly lawmakers of his State and fool them to defect for him and turn around and impeach the governor, does it mean all these noise he is
making he doesn’t know a single line of the constitution too? I believe he should know it but he wants to use the lawmakers at their detriment and get what he wanted as he always do. They gave him ministership in exchange of rivers state, so he doesn’t care, he’ll betray his people and sell them to the corrupted government of APC
Wike should allow Sim Fubara to concentrate in his government rather than making River State ungovernable for him. This is the negative implications of God fatherism and why it has to stop. Wike should desist from splitting Rivers State house of Assembly because of the fallout with Sim Fubara. To be forewarned is to be forewarned.
You are asked for a friend
Hmmm, God please help the people of rivers state
WIKE would have revoked all there C of Os and level all dia properties by now,dey will never try such nonsense with WIKE,dis Governor is too good and gentle jaree…