It was gathered by Hobnob News reports that the political tide against Governor Siminalayi Fubara was escalating on Wednesday after the Nyesom Wike forces in the Rivers State House of Assembly made a mockery of the former rival speaker aligned to the governor, Hon Edison Ehie.
Ehie who was backed by three other members had shockingly resigned his position as speaker and member of the House of Assembly before the New Year.However, the anti-Fubara camp of 26 making a mockery of Ehie on Wednesday ridiculed his resignation saying that he was never even a speaker to have contemplated resignation.
Emeka Amadi, the Clerk of the Assembly in a statement on Wednesday, said it was untenable for Ehie to say he resigned as he was never elected to the position.
He said, “The attention of the Rivers State House of Assembly has been drawn to a letter dated 29 December, 2023, addressed to the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and circulating in the media. It was purportedly written and signed by Rt. Hon. Edison Ehie DSSRS – member representing Ahoada East Constituency II in the Rivers State of Assembly wherein he claimed to have resigned from the position of the Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, an office he never occupied.I am therefore directed to call on the good people of Rivers State to disregard the false claim in this letter that is intended to mislead the unsuspecting public. Rt. Hon. Edison Ehie DSSRS was never at any time in the life of the Rivers State House of Assembly elected a Speaker.
The Office of the Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly is a creation of the 1999 Constitution (As altered) and should not be ridiculed by any member who swore to preserve it and abide by the Constitution.
On Monday, the 5th day of June, 2023, after the proclamation of the 10 Rivers State House of Assembly by the Governor, and in line with Section 92 (1) of the 1999 Constitution (As altered), I, as the then Acting Clerk of the House, conducted the election that produced Rt. Hon. Martin Chike Amaewhule, DSSRS, as the Speaker of the 10 Rivers State House of Assembly by the unanimous votes of all other thirty-one (31) members sitting and present. It is also imperative to state that, from the 5th day of June, 2023, when he was elected till today, Rt. Hon. Martin Chike Amaewhule DSSRS, has been performing his duties as the Speaker.”
The mockery of Ehie, a loyalist of Governor Fubara is indicative of the pressure that the Wike camp is now bristling with.
HOBNOB NEWS
