Fubara storms Rivers Assembly quarters amid Impeachment Plan [Video]

Rivers state governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has on Thursday stormed the Rivers State House of Assembly complex in Port Harcourt amid an alleged plot by lawmakers to impeach him.

Tight security surrounded the area as the governor arrived at the quarters where the Martin Amaewhule-led legislators convene.

Fubara said he visited the location as the governor of the state. His visit coincided with a fresh crisis within the Rivers State House of Assembly.

Some lawmakers loyal to the governor had on Wednesday elected the member representing the Bonny constituency Victor Oko-Jumbo as their Speaker.

Oko-Jumbo, who is said to be the new speaker for the entire 32-member Assembly, was said to be elected at 10 am during plenary on Wednesday, in line with the Standing Order of the House.

Oko-Jumbo was one of the four lawmakers loyal to Fubara in the wake of the political crisis in the state.

They had at the time of the crisis elected Edison Ehie as the speaker but the latter later resigned from the State Assembly, and was appointed the Chief of Staff to the Governor.

It was not clear how many lawmakers were present during the plenary that produced Oko-Jumbo as speaker.

Meanwhile, Fubara’s visit to the assembly quarters has stirred a barrage of reactions on social media as netizens expressed their opinions on the ongoing political crisis in Rivers State.

@BDaketima said; “Seal it off! Chase those Warmongers out from the Quarter’s! We are solidly behind you, my dear Governor Sim Fubara!”

@GodgiftGentle wrote; “Him won go pursue the apc assembly members.

@akano_ayomide10 said; “Fubara should be calming down before he will be impeached and his deputy would be forced to register. All this was done in a matter of few minutes and all he could do about it was to run to the court if he was eventually impeached
Heir to the Igbanke Kingdom.”

@DuncanEfosa1 wrote: ‘He should chase out all these people who are undermining him and making his administration chaotic. He was elected to govern and anyone who opposes that should be dealt with.”

@Tweetbyobinna said; “He has been too easy on them. That’s why the apc wants to impeach him.