The member representing Bonny Constituency in the Rivers State House of Assembly, Hon. Victor Oko-Jumbo, has emerged as the new Speaker of the House, loyal to Governor Siminalayi Fubara.
The Wednesday’s development
might be a response to the opposition All Progressives Congress’ (APC)
directive to the 27 Assembly members to impeach Governor Fubara.
Oko-Jumbo takes over from the
former factional Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Eddison Ehie, who resigned as
both Speaker and member of the House on December 31, 2023.
Ehie, who represented
Ahoada-East Constituency 2 in the House, was later appointed as Chief of Staff
to Governor Fubara.
It not could not confirm where
the election that produced Oko-Jumbo, a staunch supporter of the state
governor, was held.
The emergence of the Bonny-born
politician as the factional Speaker of the State House of Assembly came barely
48 hours after Fubara declared that the majority 27 members of the House, who
defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives
Congress (APC), as non-existent.
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