♦ Majority leader, Speaker beaten
♦ Bipi made himself Speaker for a few minutes
♦ Bipi asked his cops, thugs to shoot Governor Amaechi
♦ Bipi resisted arrest
♦ Order later restored, with Speaker Amachree taking charge
The Rivers state House of Assembly in south-south Nigeria, for some minutes Tuesday, witnessed a very rowdy session after two months of adjournment as pro Governor Rotimi Amaechi legislators battled five renegade lawmakers rooting for the political opponents of the governor.
The minority lawmakers, whose agenda was to impeach the governor made the impeachment of Speaker Otelemaba Amachree and other principal officers the first priority. They thus sneaked into the House Chambers at about 8.30 am much earlier than the normal sitting of the House and smuggled in a mace.
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