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midpoint: Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State today personally foiled an attempt to impeach the Speaker of the state House of Assembly.

The speaker, Otelemaba Amachree, had convened a session of the legislature in order to amend certain portions of the Rivers State budget. The session followed a prolonged crisis in the state caused by schemes by President Goodluck Jonathan to impeach Mr. Amaechi, who is deemed an impediment to the president’s ambition to seek a second term.

Two lawmakers loyal to Mr. Amachree told Saharareporters that speaker sensed there was trouble in the air after he sent letters summoning members to today’s session. “The speaker now sent a message to the state commissioner of police and the brigade commander and leader of the Joint Task Force to ask for security to enable the house [to] sit,” said one of the lawmakers.

The other legislative source added that, unknown to the speaker, five renegade members of the assembly loyal to President Jonathan had met with the commissioner of police overnight and arranged to come prepared to impeach the speaker. “When we arrived at the state assembly today, we were surprised to see a huge number of military men and well armed policemen,” said the source.

SaharaReporters learnt that trouble soon started as a member of the house, Evans Bapakaye Bipi, representing Ogu/Bolo constituency arrived with thugs, pounced on the house leaders, Michael Chinda and Chidi Lloyd, while the police and the military kept their distance.

Our sources said when Governor Amaechi heard of the fracas and the refusal of the police and members of the JTF to intervene, he rushed to the house with his aides and armed escorts and succeeded in rescuing members of the house loyal to him.

As the governor and the majority of the legislators were leaving the site of the mayhem, they discovered that five renegade members of the house empowered by President Jonathan had seized the mace. They then ran back to retrieve the mace from the minority group, our sources said.

http://saharareporters.com/news-page/chaos-rivers-state-house-assembly-%E2%80%9Cfive-lawmakers%E2%80%9D-attempt-impeach-speaker

What a foolish story!!! So 5 people alone beat up the whole other members loyal to Amaechi? I guess the 5 members are Captain America,Hulk,Batman,Thor and Ironman.

Rhino.5dm:
Calling me names won't help you. All I demanded for was an objective evidence, so what's your point? Show pictures or post video on YouTube. Shi ke nan!

Ogbeni, i was not there oooo. So let us wait until we get the real story. Is that too difficult for you to understand?

Pattey: Did you seriously ask what is lawless about the process? If you're not a fool you would have known there was NO WAY two-third carried out the supposed impeachment. I'm sure you're one of those fools who keep re-writing JAMB every year cos they failed JAMB.

Tsshhhwwww

How can 16 people be suspended by a minority? Mind you, Rivers HOA has 32 member! Hope the maths stil won't be hard for to solve. . .

Do you talk to your father in this manner? He must be disappointed to have a dimwit like you as a son.

midpoint: There was free-for-all yesterday at the Rivers State House of Assembly between pro and anti-Amaechi lawmakers.

The five lawmakers loyal to the Minister of State for Education, Chief Nyesom Wike, initially impeached the Speaker, Otelemaba Dan Amachree, with a new Speaker, Evans Bapakaye Bipi, who represents Ogu/Bolo constituency, elected as the new speaker.

As Bipi mounted the speaker’s seat to give his acceptance/maiden speech, the Rivers Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, who is also the Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), stormed the main chambers of the Assembly, with Amachree, other loyal lawmakers and security men, leading to exchange of fisticuffs.

In the course of fighting with dangerous weapons, the Speaker and Leader of the House, Chidi Lloyd, a lawyer, who represents Emohua constituency and loyal to Amaechi were injured. Lloyd is still in the hospital.

Also seriously injured were two anti-Amaechi lawmakers: Martins Amewhule and Michael Okechukwu Chinda, and also hospitalised, with anti-Amaechi lawmakers sacked from the House.

When the punching eventually subsided, the House later sat amid tight security, with 23 pro-Amaechi lawmakers in attendance and presided over by Amachree. Amaechi left immediately.

Rivers Deputy Governor, Tele Ikuru, an engineer, was later ushered into the Assembly chambers and he presented minor adjustments to the 2013 budget, on behalf of Amaechi.

Speaker said the amendment would not affect the earlier figure of N490 billion. Shortly after Ikuru left, the House was tadjourned indefinitely, in view of the tension.

http://thenationonlineng.net/new/news-update/free-for-all-fight-in-rivers-assemby/

How come? That's unlawful.

Rhino.5dm:
So, asking for proof now implies living in denial? What are you onto?

We all have not gotten the real story but sycophants like you are already taking sides and what not. Let it be known here that i condemn violence in its entirety no matter what.

Rhino.5dm:
Do you have any pictures or video evidence to support this? ofcourse, the press should have been allowed to cover this historic event, NO?

I wasn't there so i am not claiming to have a first hand info on that. Am not as hypocritical as you, i just posted a contrary story.

lekanolas: [i]



I have said this time and again that definitely, come 2015, the Presidency of this country will come to the North. We are not negotiating that position at all; it is non-negotiable, because in 1998 when we decided that former President Olusegun Obasanjo should become president, the decision was that after eight years tenure of the South, the Presidency should return to the North.

http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/north-must-produce-the-president-in/

Yeah, Our lords always decide what we do. Oh i forgot, the presidency is their birthright. We must vote the North in come 2015 OR ELSE......

ogb5: Would have been fun to See Gov Ameachi running away with the mace as if his life depended on it

Somebody help me, am lost here, I thought there is segregation of powers between the executives and the legistlatives,
Why will Amaechi invade the house to collect the mace.

Yes, now I remember, because he loves Rivers people so much, he is only trying to prevent the good leaders of the Rivers people from being changed. A wonderful and selfless politician

Demdem: Ur source is a crook. Have nothing to do with him or her again. U don't need such in ur life.

The New Speaker just spoke to naija info and he said 16 members out of the 25 members of the house present passed vote of no confidence to the leadership of the house. He said governor ameachi came to the house and faught him. He claimed gov ameachi tore his colleague shirt nd ordered his boys to chase them out. UPDATE: The new speaker hon. Evans BP said he has no plans to imepeach the governor but if needs arises he will, speaking to naija info. The speaker said it is sham for the governor to have intruded in the house sitting

See what i heard!

dBard: Is it d Fg dat left his chambers t physically stop an impeachment process from going on leading t that fracas.
Is a gov supposed t descend t such levels, d level u'll expect of militants n oda riff raffs off d street.
blame d fg f everything..

Have you confirmed this yet bro?

Demdem: Ur source is a crook. Have nothing to do with him or her again. U don't need such in ur life.

Lol. abi? Violence shouldn't be promoted in Nigeria Politics anymore, we have had enough. Although it doesn't change the fact that Amaechi is getting it all wrong politically.

Jack Baueress: You can go to the site below and confirm. smh

www.yabaleft.com

By God, you really don't want it with me. trust me kid.

Demdem:
What did u hear? Share it.

Funny enough, i heard it was an attempted impeachment of the speaker.

Abagworo: http://pmnewsnigeria.com/2013/07/09/nigeria-fracas-in-
rivers-house-of-assembly/

The sitting of Nigeria’s Rivers State House of Assembly
was disrupted this morning when hoodlums and some
members attacked the principal officers of the house,
with an assortment of weapons.
Speaker Otelemaba Amachree
The house which adjourned sine die for some weeks
now, in the wake of the political crisis between Governor
Rotimi Amaechi and President Goodluck Jonathan’s
pointsmen in the state, reopened this morning at about
9.45 a.m.
Proceedings have barely started when some members,
said to belong to the G5 minority group, arrived with
some hoodlums and started beating up the majority
leader of the house, Chidi Lloyd with sticks, microphone
stands and any object that could serve as cudgels. The
Speaker of the house, Otelemaba Amachree was
similarly attacked and the mace broken.
According to early reports, the majority leader of the
house, was so badly beaten, he was drenched in blood.
The police were said to have watched the violent scene
as unconcerned observers.
The speaker, Amachree was about addressing a press
conference as at the time of this report.

IF this is the true story, then its quite unfortunate. We must condemn barbaric acts like this no matter whose side we are on.

Abagworo: This is the real news.

Funny enough, i heard otherwise. Anyway, let me wait for a confirmation before further comment.

Aedes_muskeeto: my friend STFU!!

Jonathan is a retardeen.... Oya, axe me..

Go and sign in with your original handle coward.

Abagworo: Was it carried out by 2/3rd or just 5 members?

That's exactly my point. We are yet to get the full story but you are here already apportioning blames. It makes you look like a sycophant who sees nothing wrong in his benefactors actions even if they are wrongful.

Garri the 1st: GEJ is set to destroy the nation over his 2015 agenda..

1. He has used BH to destroy and destabilize the North..

2. He has empowered and armed Niger Delta militants..

3. He tried introducing Boko Haram to the S-West, when he failed he gave OPC millions to procure arms against 2015..



Mr. GEJ, the gods are watching you.

I thought your brother Fayemi told dumb people like you to leave the president out of this mess?? SMH

Abagworo: Let's see how it goes. At least we'll all remember today when the guns start firing. Nobody has monopoly to lawlessness.

Whats lawless in an impeachment process? As long as two third of the house decides to that, it is lawful. The lawless one here is Amaechi who disrupted a lawful process. Bloody hypocrite.

We all know how undemocratic and uncouth Amaechi is, so this is no surprise.

Abagworo: Rubbish! The FG wants to create another crisis in Rivers State. They should leave us to live in peace. We don't want militancy or Boko Haram here.

You aint from Rivers state this clown, and please leave the FG out of this mess.

Tolexander: Yes o!
Black Scorpion is 100% right on this.

How can a man be so greedy and selfish to wanna lay claim of the oil that is supposed to be for the whole nation.

Ojukwu wanna carry our oil and Black Scorpion dealt with him. Shikena!

Are old are you son?

Paschal360: Culturally speaking some parts in Igbo land do allow women to marry each. So the idea of samesex marriage is not completely alien to us as some homophobic closet gays here would've believe.

I don't see how gay acts affects me or anybody else. What gays choose to do with themselves is up to them and not my business. Neither should it be yours.

Which part sir? Or are you mentally deranged?

This man is a criminal but he said some gospel truth here. kudos to the ex con.

So the black numskull was just busy killing women and kids instead of leading the line?

9jadelta: hehehe so u can contact dem later and find away of becoming their partners? u are so gay dude

Should i add your fat gay azz to the list? Shameless bunch.

Am quietly and codedly taking note of all the gay niggurs and bechees on NL. Hhahahahahaha. Observation continua.

Mr knowitall.:

Hell no!!!! you get no mercy from me dude....I speak my mind against bigots, corruption, discrimination, and religious

hatred without fear of anyone or hurting someones feelings....If your God wants to deal with me..he knows where to find me..

I will always speak my mind against injustice and discrimination...regardless of how much religious people threaten me..

Niggur you are so so gay, but that's OK my niggur. Hahahahaha. fvck them azzholes butt don't bring it outside cuz we don't tolerate that ish down here my niggur! Peace

Under APC? In Anambra? Hahahahahaha. Forget that ambition sir!

Yeah, Arewa People's Congress is DOA in igboland. I expect even an slowpoke to know this.

Ifems: ...Daddy please give me some tutorials on good governance...What good thinking leader would impose tax on the followers while he does nothing...Am still waiting for you He goat to give me an answer....why would he cut the salary of some LGA health workers? You can't be a fool enough!

Am not here to exchange banters with a motor park tout like you. Enjoy your folly alone!

Ifems: ...Got nothing to say to fat fools like you,who does'nt know what good governance is...do you read at all?...and please write correctly ok.

You are calling someone a fool while posting a senseless post? You are the kid that doesn't know the meaning of good governance so stop embarrassing yourself here. Peter is a good and sincere Governor, even idi.ots know this.