- The new factional leader of the Rivers house of assembly, Victor Oko-Jumbo, on behalf of colleagues who support his mission, has called on the governor of the state, Siminalayi Fubara, to desist from interacting with 25 former lawmakers
- Legit.ng recalls that in December 2023, the rift between Fubara and his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, split lawmakers in the Rivers house of assembly
- About 25 of them decamped from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the APC, a party in whose central government Wike currently serves as minister
Legit.ng journalist Ridwan Adeola Yusuf has over 9 years of experience covering politics in Nigeria.
Port Harcourt, Rivers state – Victor Oko-Jumbo, the new factional speaker of the Rivers state house of assembly, has declared that all laws, plenary sessions and actions taken by some rebel lawmakers are ‘nullities in the eyes of the law’.
