By Adesina Soyooye
The humiliation of the Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara continued on Wednesday, March 12, 2024, when the gate of the Rivers State House of Assembly Complex was locked against him.
Fubara had, after he had sent a letter to the Speaker of the Assembly, Martin Amaewfule, gone to the Complex in order to meet with the members. But when his convoy approached, the security men at the gate quickly locked it and left the Governor stranded and embarrassed.
The explanation, according to reports, was that the Governor visited without communicating with the Speaker.
But a reliable source insisted that not only did Fubara communicate in writing, officially, he called Speaker Amaewfule a number of times beginning from Tuesday, but his calls were not taken by Mr Speaker.
Recall that the Governor had extended an invitation to the members for a meeting in his office against March 10, but they snubbed him.
They said the letter of invitation was not channeled to the Assembly properly.
The members of the Assembly have been in a very combative mood since the Supreme Court handed them victory against the the Governor and his Government, in all fronts, on February 28, 2025. The 27 members who are now humiliating Fubara are loyal to Fubara’s estranged political godfather and immediate predecessor in office, Nyesom Wike, now Minister for the Federal Capital Territory, FCT.
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