Suspended Members Of The Rivers State Home Of Meeting ‘Trip’ In UK

Group photographs of the suspended members of the Rivers State Home of Meeting in the UK have emerged.

Feedback which have adopted the emergence of the photographs on social media on Sunday, sixth April, counsel the suspended lawmakers, led by Martin Chike Amaewhule, are on trip pending their resumption.

Nonetheless, as earlier reported by Naija Information, the lawmakers are on a five-day legislative coaching program in the UK.

The coaching, which commenced on Friday, is aimed toward enhancing their understanding of governance and lawmaking processes, with a selected concentrate on the “Legislative Dynamics in Presidential and Parliamentary Programs.”

The lawmakers’ coaching kicked off in Central London, the place they participated in a collection of discussions and workshops designed to sharpen their legislative abilities.

This system is meant to offer them with a deeper understanding of the intricacies concerned within the legislative course of, equipping them to raised serve the individuals of Rivers State upon their return.

Naija Information recollects that President Bola Tinubu had, in a nationwide broadcast on Tuesday, March 18, 2025, suspended Siminalayi Fubara because the Governor of Rivers State following the political disaster within the state.

The President, who addressed Nigerians in a 7 pm broadcast, additionally suspended the Deputy Governor of the state, Ngozi Odu.

Others affected by the declaration of the President within the tackle are members of the Rivers State Home of Meeting who’ve been at loggerheads with the state Governor.

Asserting the declaration Tinubu said, “Within the circumstance, having soberly mirrored on and evaluated the political state of affairs in Rivers State and the Governor and Deputy Governor of Rivers State having did not make a request to me as President to difficulty this proclamation as required by part 305(5) of the 1999 Structure as amended, it has turn into inevitably compelling for me to invoke the supply of part 305 of the Structure of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 as amended, to declare a state of emergency in Rivers State with impact from right now, 18th March, 2025 and I so do.

By this declaration, the Governor of Rivers State, Mr Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy, Mrs Ngozi Odu and all elected members of the Home of Meeting of Rivers State are hereby suspended for an preliminary interval of six months.”

The suspended lawmakers have now been captured in group images exterior the nation. See the photographs.