Fubara Wins In New War With Wike As Court Recognises Speaker Ehie

The camp of Governor Simi Fubara has won a temporary victory over his benefactor, Nyesom Wike following the order of a Rivers State High Court in Port Harcourt that gave recognition to Rt Hon Edison Ehie as speaker of the State House of Assembly.

GWG.ng reports that Ehie is loyal to Governor Siminalayi Fubari.

Justice M.W Danagogo gave the order on Tuesday, in an exparte motion, suit no. PHC/3030/CS/2023 in which Rivers State House of Assembly is the first claimant and Rt. Hon. Edison Ehie, (Speaker, Rivers State House of Assembly) as second claimant; and Rt. Hon. Martin Amaewhule, as first defendant while Rt. Hon. Dumle Maol, is the second defendant.

Ehie who was represented by D.I Iboroma (SAN) wants the court to order Amaewhule and others to stop entering the state House of Assembly complex until the burnt hallowed chamber is fully renovated by the government.

He also wants the court to order that he lawfully takes over the speakership of the state assembly until the matter before its dispensed, praying that Amaewhule should be stopped from conducting himself as the Speaker of the House.

The order threatened that the second claimant, Edison, would pay the sum of N50,000,000.00 as damages if the application before the court turned out to be frivolous.

The court also ordered the claimants to serve the interim order, the motion on notice already filed, the originating process and other processes in this suit on the defendants on or before December 13, 2023.

The court granted leave to the claimants to serve all the processes by substituted means by publication in two national newspapers or by posting at a conspicuous part of the last known address of the defendants and adjourned till December 21 for motion on notice.

The court, however, entered the following orders: “AN ORDER OF INTERIM INJUNCTION restraining the Defendants and the 2nd Claimant/Applicant either acting by themselves or through their agents, servants, privies, assigns or any person(s) acting in whatsoever manner and howsoever called or described, from further use of armed thugs accompanied by police personnel in riot gear to gain access to the Rivers State House of Assembly complex at Moscow Road, Port Harcourt, Rivers State which was burnt, destroyed, damaged and rendered uninhabitable as a result of the fire that engulfed the Assembly Complex on the 2nd day of October, 2023, contrary to the order of the executive Governor of Rivers State relocating the sitting of the 1st Claimant to a secure and more conducive venue to ensure that the activities and meetings of the House are not disrupted during the period of the renovation of the burnt building, pending the determination of the motion on notice already filed.

“AN ORDER OF INTERIM INJUNCTION restraining the Defendants whether by themselves, their agents, servants, privies and representatives in whatsoever and howsoever manner from preventing, disrupting and interfering with the smooth and regular operation, management and administration of the 1 Claimant/Applicant pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice already filed in this suit.”

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