The Supreme Court is set to deliver judgement on the five appeals before it bordering on the crisis rocking the Rivers State House of Assembly.
After hearing the appeals on the defection of the 27 lawmakers of the Assembly, the apex court had reserved judgment to a date to be communicated to the parties.
Governor Siminalayi Fubara is among other issues challenging the legality of Martin Amaewhule as the Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, having allegedly defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) along with 26 other members of the House.
The Supreme Court, led by Justice Uwani Abba-Aji, had dismissed the appeal filed by Governor Fubara of Rivers State at the last sitting. The appeal challenged the legality of representing the state’s 2024 budget before the leadership of the state House of Assembly, led by Amaewhule as the Speaker.
The dismissal occurred after Governor Fubara’s lawyer, Yusuf Ali, withdrew the suit, stating that the appeal had become irrelevant.
