Pro-Fubara lawmakers to challenge court verdict declaring Amaewhule as authentic speaker

The faction of the Rivers State House of Assembly, led by Victor Oko-Jumbo, says it will challenge the verdict of the Appeal Court which declared Martins Amaewhule as the authentic speaker of the house.

The appeal court held that the Rivers State High Court had no jurisdiction to entertain issues relating to the decampment of lawmakers. He further said that the seats of Martins Amaewhule and 24 others lawmakers were validly declared vacant by the then speaker, Edison Ehie. The factional speaker further said that the assembly secured an order restraining Martins Amaewhule and the 24 other lawmakers from parading as speaker and members of the assembly.

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