Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, hosted a group of suspended lawmakers from the Rivers State House of Assembly in the United Kingdom on Monday. Lere Olayinka, Wike's Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media, wrote in a post that the minister treated the lawmakers to dinner while they were in the UK for a "legislative capacity building" program.
“Yesterday, the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, hosted Rivers State House of Assembly members who are in the United Kingdom for Legislative Capacity Building, to a dinner,” Olayinka shared on X.com.
Wike left Nigeria on Sunday after meeting with political allies in Port Harcourt.
The suspended lawmakers, led by Speaker Martins Amaewhule, are in the UK for a legislative tour.
Amaewhule reportedly opened the 10th Rivers Assembly Legislative Tour last Friday, stating that the trip would expose members to global legislative practices and enhance their effectiveness.
This development follows President Bola Tinubu’s declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State on March 18.
Additionally, Governor Siminalayi Fubara and Deputy Governor Prof. Ngozi Odu and members of the House of Assembly.
For an initial period of six months, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd.), a former Chief of Naval Staff, was appointed as the sole administrator of the state. The power struggle between Governor Fubara and his predecessor, Wike, is the root of the crisis in Rivers State.
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