The suspended Rivers State House of Assembly has backed the declaration of State of Emergency in the state in which President Bola Tinubu suspended the assembly, Governor Siminialayi Fubara, and his Deputy, Prof Ngozi Odu.
The assembly disclosed this in a statement in Port Harcourt on Wednesday signed by the Speaker Martin Amaewhule.
Amaewhule claimed that the declaration was a result of Fubara’s refusal to implement the Supreme Court judgement.
The statement said: “The condition of our dear Rivers State today is mainly because of the malfeasance of the Governor who serially disobeyed judgements and Orders of Courts, failed to govern the state in line with his Oath of office and the Constitution.“
The Governor’s despotic and tyrannical actions as confirmed by the Courts in which he also unconstitutionally obstructed the Rivers State House of Assembly which is an arm of government from functioning underlies this situation.” (Vanguard)