'Factional Speaker' Ehie quits Rivers House of Assembly thenationonlineng.net - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thenationonlineng.net Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
As the political crisis in Rivers State deepens, three more commissioners in Governor Siminialaye Fubara’s cabinet have resigned in less than 48 hours. SaharaReporters reported on Wednesday night that four commissioners in the cabinet of Governor Fubara had resigned their appointments. However, those commissioners who tendered their resignation letters to the governor were said to be loyalists of the immediate former governor and Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Mr Nyesom Wike.
A human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, says that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is constitutionally obligated to conduct a by-election to fill the positions of the 26 Rivers State lawmakers elected under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday. Effiong stated this while featuring on Arise TV morning show programme to discuss the Rivers State political crisis.
Rivers assembly: PDP reps tell defectors to vacate seats thecable.ng - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thecable.ng Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Group condemns demolition of Rivers House of Assembly pmnewsnigeria.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from pmnewsnigeria.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.