Our reporter/ Edison Ehie was on Tuesday confirmed as the authentic speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly by a High Court Sitting in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital.
Edison Ehie is one of the four lawmakers backing the state governor, Siminalayi Fubara, in the ongoing face-off between him and FCT minister, Nyesom Wike.
Edison was suspended and removed as leader of the house by the Wike faction of the house.
Justice M.W. Danagogo, who made the ruling, also ordered Martins Amaewhule and Dumle Maol to stop parading themselves as Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly.
The court also warned against using thugs and Police officers to gain access to the Assembly Complex.
The political crisis rocking the state took a new twist on Monday when about 27 lawmakers dumped the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the All Progressives Congress, APC.
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