Rivers State Governor Simi Fubara has indicated that he wouldn’t let the sleeping dog lie anytime soon as he empathically claimed that his loyalist, Victor Oko-Jumbo is the authentic Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly. Crisis continue to envelop the legislature.
The larger faction of the assembly led by Martins Amaewhule is loyal to former governor Nyesom Wike. The 27 lawmakers openly announced their defection from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress and later on denied it.
Since their said defection, they have never been allowed into the Rivers State House of Assembly complex and only the remaining four lawmakers are carrying out the duties of the legislature.
Within just two days, Fubara presented the 2025 budget of over one trillion naira to just four members of the house and it’s discussed, passed and sent to the governor for his assent. It’ll be one of the fastest ever in the history of the country.
The other 27 lawmakers are still fighting their battle in the court.
He said, “I want to say this may be for some persons somewhere who are still mixing up issues. We have only one Assembly and that Assembly is headed by Rt. Hon. Victor Oko-Jumbo.
“A group of friends about nine months ago embarked on what is called the sea-bared journey; halfway through the vessel, while they were coasting, they realized that they were entering the den of devils and sharks, and they now want to retreat.
“It is too late, and the truth is that we are not going back. We have given them enough room for peace. There is no governor in Nigeria who can take the kind of insult I took from those set of people.
“As it stands now, our major target is the interest of Rivers State, and we will continue to defend the integrity of governance. As far as I am concerned, we have moved on.”
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