In a dramatic
twist to the dance of the bizarre that politics has become in Rivers State, the
former Speaker of the Rivers State of House Assembly, Mr. Ibani Ikuinyi-Owaji,
who resigned from office a year ago on December 18, 2015 under controversial
circumstances, have reemerged as the Speaker of the volatile Assembly.
Ikuinyi-Owaji’s
predecessor who had succeeded him following his (Ikuinyi-Owaji) resignation in
2015, Adams Dabotorudima, announced his own resignation during a sitting of the
House on Friday (today) after the swearing-in of the 12 lawmakers who won the December 10 legislative
rerun in the state.
The new
Speaker, Ibani Ikuinyi-Owaji, was immediately elected in an exercise that was
conducted by the Deputy Speaker of the House, Mr. Marshal Uwom.
It may be
recalled that Ikuinyi-Owaji resigned as Speaker on December 18, 2015 after
Governor Nyesom Wike had presented the 2016 budget before the House.
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