{"id":117172,"date":"2025-04-08T16:58:22","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T15:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=117172"},"modified":"2025-04-08T16:58:22","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T15:58:22","slug":"2027-wike-hosts-suspended-rivers-lawmakers-in-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/2027-wike-hosts-suspended-rivers-lawmakers-in-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"2027: Wike hosts suspended Rivers lawmakers in UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">By Myke Agunwa<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As part of efforts to remain politocally relevant ahead of 2027 general election, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has treated the suspended Rivers State House of Assembly to a dinner in the United Kingdom.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Wike\u2019s Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media, Lere Olayinka, reported that the lawmakers who are in the United Kingdom for a five days \u201clegislative capacity building\u201d retreat, were also treated to a dinner by the minister.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said, \u201cYesterday, 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,\u201d Olayinka shared on X.com.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said that Wike left Nigeria to UK on Sunday after meeting with his political allies in Port Harcourt to meet with the lawmakers.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The suspended lawmakers, led by Speaker Martins Amaewhule, are in the UK for a legislative retreat which commenced last Friday. The retreat is to expose members to global legislative practices and enhance their effectiveness.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It was learnt that training on the first day, focused on \u201cLegislative Dynamics in the Presidential and Parliamentary Systems\u201d, took place place in Central London.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Recall that President Bola Tinubu declared a state of emergency in Rivers State on March 18 and subsequently suspended the governor of the state, Siminiailayi Fubara, his deputy Prof. Ngozi Odu and members of the State Assembly for an initial period of six months.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The President also appointed Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd.), a former Chief of Naval Staff, as the state\u2019s sole administrator to run the affairs of the oil-rich state in the interim.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It was also reported that the power tussle between Governor Fubara and his predecessor Wike, brought so much political tension in the state with 27 state lawmakers backing Wike while five were in support of the governor.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pointblank News further learnt that the five members loyal to Fubara were not part of the retreat.<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Myke Agunwa As part of efforts to remain politocally relevant ahead of 2027 general election, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has treated the suspended Rivers&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":117173,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-117172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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