Rivers State House of Assembly Gets New Speaker, Sacks All Local Government Chairmen

By Akinwale Kasali

The Palace Coup in Rivers State House of Assembly has sacked the Speaker of the House of Assembly, Martin Amaewhule.

Ironically,  Ehi Edison  who was on Monday, removed as the Majority Leader of the House, emerged as the New Speaker of the House of Assembly.

He is a loyalist of Governor Siminalayi Fubara who, the Assembly, led by the former Speaker, was in the process of beginning an impeachment on him.

New Speaker Edison swung into action by immediately dissolving all the Local Government Chairmen in the State.

This comes  hours after  Fubara cried out that he had done nothing wrong to warrant the Rivers State House of Assembly to move for his impeachment.

The Governor is having a face off with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, a situation, which led to the move by the  lawmakers to start an  impeachment process on him.

Details Later….