A High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has issued an interim injunction temporarily barring the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Martin Amaewhule, and 24 other lawmakers from performing legislative duties.
The interim injunction was filed by the Speaker of the State House of Assembly Victor Jumbo, supporting Governor Siminalayi Fubara, along with two other Assembly members aligned with the Governor
Justice Charles Wali, who gave the order on Friday, in a case with suit number PHC/1512/CS/2024, also ordered that the 25 defendants from “meeting/sitting at the auditorium of the House of Assembly Quarters located at off Aba Road, Port Harcourt, or any other place whatsoever to purport to carry out the legislative business of the Rivers State House of Assembly, their legislative seats having been declared vacant pending the hearing and determination of the Motion on Notice.”
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