The nation and the world at large got a shocker on Tuesday, 9th July 2013 when the simmering crisis in the state's chapter of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) and the Rivers State House of Assembly resulted in a free-for-all in the House chamber.
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Members of the Assembly were seen attacking one another with dangerous objects which left some of them seriously injured and hospitalised.
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The faction of five members of the House opposed to Governor Chibuike Amaechi, threw caution to the winds and assembled early that day and announced they had impeached the Speaker, Hon Otelemabala Amachree. In his place, Hon Evans Bipi presented himself as the new Speaker.
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The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 stipulates that for the impeachment of any elected official to be valid, not less than two-thirds of the members of the House must vote in its favour.
Rivers State has always been known to be a peaceful state so when did all this start? The governor of the state should do something about it.......