cene one: Governor Fubara made moves to sink the Political influence of his predecessor, Minister Nyesom Wike. He wanted to remove elected local government chairman and replace them with his own people as Caretaker Chairmen.
Scene Two: Minister Nyesom Wike’s loyal state assembly members indicated the intention to impeach the Governor.
Scene Three: President Tinubu waded in and the parties said they would settle amicably.
Scene Four: Suspicious fire gutted part of the Rivers State Assembly complex, ostensibly, to prevent the Assembly members to continue sitting; to kill any impeachment motive.
Scene Five: 27 lawmakers loyal to Wike defected to the APC from PDP, claiming division in their party.
Scene Six: 4 lawmakers loyal to Governor Fubara started sitting, on the power of a court order that recognised Hon Ehie,one of them, as the Speaker of the House of Assembly of only 4 members. The Speaker quickly declared the seats of the 27 defected lawmakers vacant.
Scene Seven: Governor Fubara presented his 2024 budget to the House of Assembly of 4 members. The House passed the budget in a matter of hours and the Governor signed the budget bill into law under 24hrs. This may enter the Guinness Book of World Records as the fastest budget approval in the world in a democracy.
Scene Eight: Governor Fubara moved in 9 bulldozers to demolish the House of Assembly complex, claiming integrity issue.
The House of 4 sat in the Governor’s Lodge while the Governor presented the budget.
At the same time, the House of 27 held their session within the area of the demolished complex.
Scene Nine: About nine commissioners resigned from the Cabinet of Governor Fubara.
Scene Ten: Another High Court that sat in Abuja gave order to support the activities of the House of 27.
Scene Eleven: Various lawyers are expressing legal opinions in support of the two parties, with some suggesting Political solution to the impasse.
Comment: From the look of things, we are likely in for a long and interesting drama. Somebody will win and new legal policies may emerge to redefine our democracy.
Enjoy this Political drama.