A faction of the Rivers State House Assembly, led by Martin Amaewhule, held plenary Tuesday morning under heavy security.
The sitting came less than 24 hours after the factional speaker of the house, Edison Ehie, alleged an assassination attempt on him by some people he said were police officers.
The plenary session generated tension across the state as four security vans were used to block the Moscow Road axis leading to the complex as security operatives ensured a total blockade of the road both to human and vehicle access.
The Nigerian Tribune gathered that Amaeawhule, Speaker of the Pro-Nyesom Wike faction, and 24 of his other members successfully carried out legislative duties at the House of Assembly Complex, which was burned when the crisis broke out last month.
The heightened security arrangements appear to prevent uninvited lawmakers and other unauthorised persons from accessing the Assembly complex.
The lawmakers were said to have deliberated on two items: the suspension of the strike by the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria, PASAN, and asking the police to prosecute the burning of the chamber.
Immediately after the sitting, some police officers locked the entrance of the State House of Assembly complex. This could not, however, stop the sitting of the Edison Ehie-led faction.
Sources close to that faction, which has sympathy for Governor Siminalayi Fubara, said the Ehie faction passed a vote of confidence in the governor in their session.
According to the source, the faction commended the Governor on his developmental strides and security initiatives to keep Rivers State peaceful, stressing that it takes a man of great vision and peace to steer the ship of development for the benefit of the people of the State
The source did not reveal where the Ehie faction held their sitting but added that it resolved “to continuously give the governor the required support to accomplish his consolidation and continuity agenda to benefit the state”.
“The lawmakers condemned the attack on the Speaker’s residence and the burning of the hallowed chamber of the Rivers State House of Assembly. The House appealed to the governor to commence the rehabilitation work as soon as possible.
“Furthermore, the house was impressed by the need for the Inspector General of Police, IGP, and other related security apparatus of the state to investigate these attacks and bring the culprits to book”, the source stated.
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