Breaking: Parallel sessions are held today by lawmakers who support Fubara and Wike

Rivers residents are clearly under stress since this morning’s concurrent sessions of the State House of Assembly’s two factions will be intense.

The new commissioner-nominee, Emmanuel Frank-Fubara, was invited to appear before the Victor Oko-Jumbo-led House on Monday night for screening and confirmation as a member box of the State Executive Council. The letter was sent by the Clerk, Dr. G. M. Gillis-West, and was received on Sunday night. The House is loyal to the State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara.

As Punch reporter has reliably gathered, the House loyal to Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, led by Martin Amaewhule, will also convene in plenary today.

The pro-Wike legislators are seated in the State Assembly’s formal quarters on Aba Road in the city of Port Harcourt, while the pro-Fubara legislators are holding their string in a makeshift Hallowed Chamber at the Government House.

Ten a.m. today (Monday) will see both groups seated.

It is unclear what the lawmakers led by Amaewhule would discuss, but this will be their first meeting since the Court of Appeal ruling acknowledged the pro-Wike politicians as House members.

Among other things, the lawmakers might talk about the state’s 23 local government councils, which have been under police lockdown for more than two weeks following the turmoil that greeted the last Local Government Chairmen’s term in office.

Remember that in October 2023, the State House of Assembly Complex, which is situated along Moscow Road in Port Harcourt, was attacked in response to a bid to remove Fubara from office by 27 members who supported the FCT Minister.

After the dispute between Fubara and Wike escalated, the pro-Wike legislators later announced in plenary that they had defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress, intensifying the state’s political turmoil.

As the Court is expected to ascertain the lawmakers’ faith, the position of the 27 lawmakers is currently being litigated.