Rivers Assembly Crisis: Police Restrict Faction of Amaewhule from accessing Rivers State House of Assembly complex

Operatives of the Rivers State Police Command have stopped members of the Martins Amaewhule-led faction of the Rivers State House of Assembly from accessing the State Assembly complex to conduct a valedictory session for one of their deceased members, Dinebari Loolo (formerly representing Khana Constituency 2).

PItakwa News reports that when the Amaewhule faction loyal to FCT Minister attempted to gain entrance into the assembly complex on Thursday morning, they were stopped by policemen who had already mounted checks in the area.

In the meantime, security has been beefed up in and around the Rivers State House of Assembly complex, with over 15 patrol vans and other vehicles and armed police personnel in the vicinity.

Different groups, including civil society organisations, had accused the police of providing cover for the Amaewhule group, despite a court order restraining both factions of the State Assembly from sitting, pending the outcome of the case instituted by Edison Ehie, factional speaker and former Leader of the House.

Recall that Pitakwa News Reported that the faction of Martins held sitting on Wednesday accusing Gov Fubara of withholding their November Salary, after court has restricted the both factions to maintain status quo.

The Amaewhule faction had a sitting on Wednesday where some bills were deliberated on the floor of the House.