Rivers State Governor, Siminialayi Fubara, has stated that the Victor Oko-Jumbo-led State House of Assembly remains the authentic one.
The governor said this on Thursday during the signing of the N1.1trn 2025 budget at the State House in Port Harcourt, the state capital.
Fubara insisted that Martins Amaewhule and 26 other members who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress are no longer recognised as lawmakers.
He said, “I want to say this may be for some persons somewhere who are still mixing up issues. We have only one Assembly and that Assembly is headed by Rt. Hon. Victor Oko-Jumbo.
“A group of friends about nine months ago embarked on what is called the sea-bared journey; halfway through the vessel, while they were coasting, they realized that they were entering the den of devils and sharks, and they now want to retreat.
“It is too late, and the truth is that we are not going back. We have given them enough room for peace. There is no governor in Nigeria who can take the kind of insult I took from those set of people.
“As it stands now, our major target is the interest of Rivers State, and we will continue to defend the integrity of governance. As far as I am concerned, we have moved on.”
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