Rivers State Latest: Court Stops Bipi From Parading As Speaker Of House Of Assembly

Dec, 16 2013




The High Court of Rivers State sitting in Ahoada has ordered Assemblyman Evans Bipi from parading himself as the Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly with immediate effect.

Judge C.N. Wali, presiding, was ruling on an interim injunction for the maintenance of the undisputed position in the Assembly prior to the commencement of hostilities on July 9, 2013.

Granting the order, which followed an affidavit filed by Deputy Speaker Leyii Kwanee last Friday, the court restrained Mr. Bipi from calling or acknowledging himself as the Speaker.

He is also forbidden, among others, from allowing himself to be addressed in that manner by any person without promptly refuting such appellation; writing to any person in that manner; or acting in any manner whatsoever as the Speaker of the House of Assembly.

The court further ordered Mr. Bipi not to do anything whatsoever to obstruct, hinder, prevent or disturb the Speaker, Otelemaba D. Amachree and the Deputy Speaker, Mr. Kwanee, in the performance of their duties in the House pending the determination of the motion on notice.

Of great significance, the court ordered the Police Force and its principal officers, including the Inspector General of Police, to enforce the interim orders and to accord to the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker every recognition and protection to enable them discharge their duties and exercise their powers in the Assembly pending the determination of the motion on notice for interlocutory injunction.

Of great significance, the court ordered the Police Force and its principal officers, including the Inspector General of Police, to enforce the interim orders and to accord to the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker every recognition and protection to enable them discharge their duties and exercise their powers in the Assembly pending the determination of the motion on notice for interlocutory injunction.

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23 LG Chairmen In Rivers Declare For APC…Express Commitment To Amaechi

December 16, 2013

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ouncil Chairmen of the 23 Local Government Areas in Rivers State have pledged to work with the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) currently gaining political grounds in the state.

The council chairmen promised to get massive support for the APC in the state which support base has grown with the recent defection to the party of the Rivers State Governor and Chairman of Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi.

Speaking at the end of a crucial meeting between the council chairmen and the interim State Chairman of the APC, Hon. Davies Ibiamu Ikanya at the party’s state secretariat in Old GRA, Port Harcourt on Monday, the Chairman of Port Harcourt City Local Government who also doubles as State Chairman of Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON), Hon. Chimbiko Akarolo, on behalf of his colleagues, pledged the commitment of the local council chairmen in the state to the APC.

“We want to assure you (referring to the APC Chairman) that we will work with you collectively. We want to reassure you that as mobilizers and grassroots politicians we are and leaders, we will not disappoint this party”.

“We want to reassure you that as various leaders in the various LGAs, we will continue to sensitize our people on the programmes of our party (APC), sensitize them and re-engineer them on the manifesto of our party and where the party is going to and how progressive the party is”, he said.

Earlier, the interim chairman of the APC in the state, Hon. Davies Ibiamu Ikanya said the party is determined to carry its message to the grassroots and win future elections in the state. With Governor Amaechi’s membership of the party, he said the APC is now in charge of Rivers State and would win upcoming elections in the state.

“You know that APC is in charge of Rivers State. We have an APC governor (Governor Amaechi) and we have 23 APC local government chairmen, so we have talked with them, we have rubbed minds and we are ready to win the state for APC”, Hon.
Ikanya stated.

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kokoA: Just one prayer to the "jesus of okirika" and he will be restored as speaker..

Symphony007: C.P mbu will never enforce this directed because his job description upon appiontment was to enforce only anti ameachi rulings. But it's only a matter of time before the national PDP realise that they sat idle while monkey took the keys and starting driving the affairs of their party in it's most important state. I will say it again and again. Anti jonathan sentiments is growing in rivers but he will never loose the state due to regional ties. But the governorship of rivers state come 2015 is now a toss up.

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