On Wednesday, President Bola Tinubu’s proclamation of emergency rule in Rivers State sparked a contentious debate among members of the House of Representatives.
Even before the session officially began, the lawmakers got into a heated argument.
Two female House members were seen fighting in a video that went viral on the internet.
All members of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Governor Siminalayi Fubara, and his deputy Ngozi Odu are suspended for six months under the emergency rule, which Tinubu declared on Tuesday. The president defended the action as an essential step to bring order back to the state in the midst of the ongoing political crisis.
During this time, Tinubu designated retired Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas as the Administrator to manage the state as part of the emergency procedures.
