Rivers: Fubara's factional Assembly Speaker finally joins Wike’s Rainbow Coalition

Factional Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly during the prolonged governmental situation successful the state, Hon. Victor Oko-Jumbo, has aligned with the Rainbow Coalition, a multi-party governmental radical formed by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike.

DAILY POST reports that Oko-Jumbo emerged arsenic a factional Speaker connected May 8, 2024, pursuing the governmental face-off betwixt Governor Siminalayi Fubara and the FCT Minister.

He had presided implicit sittings with astir 3 lawmakers supporting him.

The lawmakers, whose seats were declared vacant during the crisis, returned to the Assembly nether Speaker Martins Amaewhule connected Monday.

Oko-Jumbo joined the conjugation connected Tuesday successful Bonny Local Government Area of the authorities aft months of hesitation.

The lawmaker, who represents Bonny Constituency, was among respective erstwhile loyalists of Governor Fubara who declared enactment for the conjugation pursuing the governor’s nationalist instrumentality to what helium described arsenic his governmental family.

Rivers: Fubara's factional Assembly Speaker yet joins Wike’s Rainbow Coalition