Despite the crisis rocking the Rivers State House of Assembly over an impeachment plot against him, Governor Siminalayi Fubara, on Wednesday, congratulated his predecessor, who is Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Barr. Nyesom Wike, on his 56th birthday anniversary.
Governor Fubara, who is in the eyes of the storm in the oil-rich South-South over a feud with his predecessor, described Wike as his ‘Oga’.
“Your Excellency, my dear wife and I, and the good people of Rivers State, join your family and friends to facilitate you on this day,” the governor said in a birthday post on his verified account on X (formerly Twitter).
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Meanwhile, the Rivers State House of Assembly Complex was demolished on Wednesday amid tight security about two months after fire gutted the complex.
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The demolition exercise started at about 6:45a.m. with Governor Fubara leading a convoy consisting of about 10 bulldozers carried on heavy-duty flatbed lorries into the Assembly premises.
The governor later presented the N800 billion 2024 budget estimates to the Edison Ehie-led group at the Government House the same moment the demolition was carried out.
Ehie was recognised by the court as the Speaker of the House while the court restrained Martins Amaewhule from parading himself as the Speaker.
Present at the budget presentation were members of the House loyal to Ehie. None of the members who recently moved from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) was in attendance.
