The House of Representatives Wednesday voted overwhelmingly to take over functions of the Rivers State House of Assembly following the fracas and breakdown of law and order at the House on Tuesday.
The House has also directed the Inspector General of Police to redeploy the Commissioner of Police in the State following his complicity and bias in the political crisis rocking the state.
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The House of Representatives, Wednesday, passed a motion to take over the legislative functions of the Rivers State House of Assembly following the crisis that took place on Tuesday, July 8.
In approving the motion, the House said it was empowered by section 11(4) of the 1999 Constitution to take such actions and consequently asked the Inspector General of Police to redeploy the Commissioner of Police from the state to avoid the current misunderstanding between him and the governor, Hon. Rotimi Amaechi.
The resolution was taken following the adoption of a motion of urgent national importance moved by the Chairman of Rules and Business Committee, Hon. Albert Sam-Tsokwa, titled “Threat to democracy and inability of the House of Assembly of Rivers State to sit and transact legislative business.”
Moving the motion, the lawmaker noted that on July 9, it was widely reported that hoodlums and thugs aided by five out of 32 members of the State House of Assembly invaded the Assembly and beat up other members of the Assembly with one of the five members seizing a gun from a policeman and threatening other members of the Assembly, as the Speaker's car was smashed.
He recalled that the Assembly had on previous occasions tried to hold its normal sittings and transact parliamentary business but was unable to do so as a result of the presence of hoodlums in the precincts of the Assembly and the inability of the Nigeria Police to provide the legitimate authorities of the Assembly with security.
THE WILL.
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