Policemen Barricade Rivers Assembly Quarters

The face-off between the Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, and the 27 lawmakers loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, took a new turn on Friday as armed policemen barricaded all the entrances to the House of Assembly quarters located along the Aba Road, Port Harcourt, the state capital.

It was discovered that both the first and second gates to the lawmakers’ estate were safeguarded by about 30 armed policemen, while about 25 patrol vans were used to block the two entrances.

The development came briefly after the Speaker of the House, Martins Amaewhule, accused Fubara of planning to demolish the legislative quarters following his unannounced visit to the facility on Thursday afternoon.

Fubara, however, had explained that his visit to the estate was harmless and was to access the building following the emergence of a new Speaker.

“Is the Assembly quarters not part of my property? Is there anything wrong in going to check how things are going on there?

“You are aware of the developments. We have a new Speaker, and I went there to see for myself how things are. There might be a few things I might want to do there for the good of our people,” the governor said.