Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory and immediate past governor of Rivers state, has hosted the 27 suspended Rivers assembly lawmakers in the United Kingdom.
Lere Olayinka, the minister’s senior special assistant on Public Communications and Social Media, posted the event on http://X.com on Tuesday
Olayinka said the lawmakers, who are in the UK for “legislative capacity building”, were hosted to a dinner by the minister.
According to him, “Yesterday, the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, hosted Rivers State House of Assembly members who are in the United Kingdom for Legislative Capacity Building, to a dinner.
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“Wike left Nigeria on Sunday night after visiting his political friends and associates in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.”
The suspended Rivers lawmakers, led by Martins Amaewhule, the Speaker, had departed Nigeria for a tour in the United Kingdom.
Amaewhule was said to have declared open the 10th Rivers Assembly Legislative Tour of the United Kingdom on Friday.
He claimed that the legislative tour would allow the House to learn new things outside the shores of Nigeria, which would improve the capacity of members for the tasks ahead.
Recall that on March 18, President Bola Tinubu while declaring a state of emergency in Rivers State, also suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara, Deputy Governor, Ngozi Odu, Professor, as well as all the members of the state House of Assembly.
He also appointed a former Chief of Naval Staff, Ibok-Ete Ibas, a retired Vice Admiral of the Nigeria Navy, as sole administrator of the state, for an initial period of six months.
The development came amid the political crisis in the state stemming from the power struggle between Fubara and his predecessor, Wike.
