Edison Ehie is the new Speaker of the Rivers State Assembly, bringing an end to Monday’s drama that would have seen governor Sim Fubara lose his position
The Former Majority leader of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Edison Ehie has emerged the new Speaker of the state Assembly.
Meanwhile, the assembly voted to suspend the state’s Chief Judge, Simeon Amadi.
This comes hours after a section of the assembly complex went up in flames under mysterious circumstances.
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Moments after this fire outbreak, police shot teargas and water at Sim Fubara, the state governor.
Fubara was on his way to the assembly complex after learning of the legislature’s plan to impeach him, but while the building was burning, the police was fending him off.
The incident fueled speculation that the governor and Nyesom Wike, former governor of the state and current Minister of FCT, are at loggerheads.
