The Victor Oko-Jumbo led Rivers State House of Assembly, says it will challenge the verdict of the Appeal Court which declared Martins Amaewhule as the authentic speaker of the house.
Oko-Jumbo, the Speaker of the assembly’s faction loyal to Governor Siminalayi Fubara, disclosed this during a sitting of the house in Port Harcourt, stating that the appeal court was in error by declaring that a state high court could not hear such matter.
It would be recalled that the Appeal Court on Thursday, held that the Rivers State High Court had no jurisdiction to entertain issues relating to the decampment of Martins Amaewhule and 24 other lawmakers, a judgement highly welcomed by the faction.
However, Oko-Jumbo said that the decision of the appeal court only dwelt on jurisdiction, and did not look at other critical issues such as their decampment to another party.
