NASS Members Pay Solidarity Visit To Rivers Speaker
The Rivers State caucus members in the National Assembly yesterday paid a solidarity visit to Hon. Martins Amaewhule, speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, who is loyal to the minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Chief Nyesom Wike.
The delegation, led by the leader of the caucus and senator representing Rivers South-East senatorial district, Senator Barry Mpigi, included the senator representing Rivers West district, Senator Allwell Onyesoh and the minority leader of the House of Representatives, Hon. Kingsley Chinda.
Others were; Hon. Felix Nwaeke, Hon. Victor Obuzor, Hon Mrs Blessing Amadi, Hon Cyril Hart and Hon Dumnamene Dekor.
The federal lawmakers had earlier addressed a press conference in Port Harcourt, where they insisted that the Supreme Court’s decision to dismiss Governor Siminalayi Fubara’s appeal against the Pro-Wike House of Assembly members affirmed Amaewhule as the Speaker of this House.
Speaking on behalf of his colleagues, Chinda, the minority leader of the House of Representatives, advised Fubara to obey the orders of the courts and stop dealing with this Rt—Hon—Victor Oko-Jumbo-led House of Assembly.
He called on the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbotekun, and the Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Olugbenga Adepoju, to implement the Supreme Court’s orders.
The Minority leader said: “It’s instructive to state emphatically that by the withdrawal of the Governor’s appeal before the Supreme Court and the dismissal of the suit with cost, the judgment and all orders made by Hon. Justice J. K. Omotosho, which the Court of Appeal upheld, takes effect immediately and forever.
“This, of course, includes the affirmation of Rt. Hon. Martins Amaewule as Speaker and the 27 members of the Rivers State House of Assembly as the only House of Assembly members of Rivers State and the directive to the Inspector General of Police to provide security to enable the Rivers State House of Assembly to continue to perform their functions without hindrance.
“We would like to call the attention of the Governor of Rivers State, that in his Notice of Withdrawal before the Supreme Court, he rightly referred to Rt. Hon. Martins Amaewule as the Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly.
“Therefore, there is no more contest about who the Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly is. Any attempt to continue to deal with any person or forum as the Rivers State House of Assembly is not only contemptuous of the judgment of the Supreme Court but a direct call for political anarchy or social lawlessness.”
