The Rivers Assembly Complex was pulled down Wednesday, as the political tension in the state between former Governor and FCT Minister Wike and Governor Fubara takes an interesting turn.
According to the report by Channels, the Rivers Assembly complex was being demolished just as the Governor Siminalayi Fubara was presenting the N800bn 2024 budget estimates to the Edison Ehie-led group at the Government House.
Ehie was recognised by the court as the Speaker of the House while the court restrained Martins Amaewhule from parading himself as the speaker.
The presentation of the budget was held at a hall in the Government House, apparently, due to the “renovation” work at the Rivers assembly complex which started Wednesday morning.
Present at the budget presentation were members of the House loyal to Ehie. None of the members who recently moved from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) was in attendance..
Also present were a former speaker of the House, Adams Dabotorudinma; and former Deputy Speaker, Marshal Uwom.
Fubara Leads Demolition Exercise
The demolition of the complex was carried out by the state government.
The Complex was demolished amid tight security about two months after fire gutted the complex.
The demolition exercise started at about 6:45am with the state governor leading a convoy consisting of about 10 bulldozers carried on heavy-duty flatbed lorries into the Assembly premises.
Security presence along Moscow road was very tight, with both sides of the road completely cordoned off and blocked to vehicular traffic.
However there was no repeat of the actions of October 30 when the governor was tear-gassed as the policemen allowed foot traffic in and out of the street.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Tunji Disu, has convened a security meeting at the Command headquarters with a briefing promised later today.