Rivers Assembly: Amaewhule-led Faction Declares Ehie, 3 Other Members' Seats Vacant

... to Ask INEC to Conduct Elections within 90 Days
By Godwin Chukwumaechi, Port Harcourt The Hon. Martin Amaewhule-led faction of the Rivers State House of Assembly on Tuesday declared the seats of 4 members of the House vacant for breaching the provision of the 1999 constitution on absention from plenary. The affected members are Edison Ehie, currently chief of staff to the state governor, Victor Oko-Jumbo, current factional speaker of the Assembly, Adolphus Timothy Oruibienimigha and Sokari Goodboy Sokari, representing Ahoada East II, Bonny, Opobo/Nkoro and Ahoada West constituencies respectively. Ehie served briefly as factional speaker of the Rivers Assembly and was the one who declared the seats of Amaewhule and his group of other 26 members vacant after they announced their now controversial defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to All Progressives Congress, (APC). He later resigned his membership of the Assembly to serve as Chief of staff to Governor Siminalayi Fubara. But announcing the Assembly's action during plenary on Tuesday, Amaewhule said that the Assembly relied on the combined provisions of Section 109 (1)(e),(f) and Section 109 (2) of the 1999 Constitution as amended. On the status of Victor Oko-Jumbo and the two others, the House held three separate votes to declare their seats vacant for absenteeism from sitting for 152 days consecutively without notification or permission, in violation of the 1999 constitution. Read more: https://phmundial.com/rivers-assembly-amaewhule-led-faction-declares-ehie-3-other-members-seats-vacant/

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