The ongoing political crisis in Rivers State has taken a new twist as warring parties are trying to outwit each other.
Just this morning (Wednesday), the people of Rivers woke up to witness the demolition of the state House of Assembly Complex.
WesternLifeNewsNG understands that the demolition of the complex was carried out by the state government.
Channel Television reports that bulldozers arrived at the Complex around 6am on Wednesday and commenced the demolition exercise, two months after fire gutted the complex.
Meanwhile, the state Governor Siminalayi Fubara presented the 2024 budget estimates to Edison Ehie-led group at the Government House the same moment the demolition was carried out.
The Ehie group was recognised by the court as the Speaker of the House.
The presentation of the budget was held at a hall in the Government House.
It would be recalled that twenty-seven members of the Rivers State House of Assembly on Monday defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The 27 members were said to be loyal to Martins Amaewhule, who is an ally of Nyesom Wike, a former governor of the state till May 29, 2023.
The crisis in the 32-member Assembly had begun as a result of a rift between Fubara and his predecessor, Wike.
In October, the Assembly under Amaewhule served an impeachment notice on Fubara and removed Ehie as the House leader. However, some members of the Assembly loyal to Fubara immediately impeached Amaewhule and made Ehie the new Speaker.
A Rivers High Court sitting in Port Harcourt subsequently restrained the Amaewhule-led group from forcefully gaining access into the assembly complex, pending the hearing of the suit before it.
