Barely 24 hours after Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, led stakeholders of the Rainbow Coalition, again, to pay a visit to Rivers State Governor Fubara on Sunday, 18 October, 2026 at his private residence in Port Harcourt, the State House of Assembly on Monday, 19 October, 2026 rescinded its earlier decision to declare vacant the seats of three lawmakers loyal to the Governor, reports thegazellenews.com.
It was gathered that move follows recent peace and reconciliation efforts aimed at resolving the political crisis in the state.
The affected lawmakers are: Victor Oko-Jumbo, Bonny; Adolphus Timothy Oruibienimigha, Opobo/Nkoro; and Sokari Goodboy Sokari, Ahoada West.
At plenary session, the House read a letter from the three lawmakers in which they said they never received the correspondence asking them to resume legislative sittings after the President’s intervention in the crisis.
The lawmakers tendered apology to the House, which was accepted.
The House, thereafter, directed them to resume their legislative duties.
However, the three lawmakers will not return to the Assembly after this tenure as they were all screened out of the All Progressives Congress, APC, primary election process.
Thegazellenews.com recalled that the three lawmakers were suspended on October 30, 2023, the day the Assembly made its first attempt to impeach Governor Fubara.
They have been absent from sittings for almost three years, and their return to the House comes as stakeholders question the nature of the recent peace process led by Wike.
