Rivers Assembly Crisis: 27 Lawmakers Hold Sitting

Twenty seven lawmakers of Rivers State House of Assembly led by the speaker Martin Amaehule held a sitting at the assembly complex, early this morning

Our correspondent gathered that the lawmakers succesfuly deliberated on two items concerning the suspension of the strike by the parliamentary strike Association of Nigeria, PSAN. The lawmakers also asked the police to prosecte the burning of the chamber.

Four police vans are stationed at the Entrance of the Rivers state House of Assembly complex. No vehicular or human movement were allowed on the moscow Road axis of Port Harcourt during the sitting. Our correspondents reports that some senior police officers locked the entrance of the state Assembly complex after sitting. More police officers have now been deployed at the gate of the Assembly complex