{"id":118428,"date":"2024-05-09T22:17:46","date_gmt":"2024-05-09T21:17:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/rivers-assembly-clerk-disowns-pro-fubara-faction-insists-amaewhule-is-speaker"},"modified":"2024-05-10T00:39:17","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T23:39:17","slug":"rivers-assembly-clerk-disowns-pro-fubara-faction-insists-amaewhule-is-speaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/rivers-assembly-clerk-disowns-pro-fubara-faction-insists-amaewhule-is-speaker","title":{"rendered":"Rivers Assembly clerk disowns pro-Fubara faction, insists Amaewhule is Speaker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The clerk of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Emeka Amadi, has disowned the pro-Governor Sim Fubara\u2019s faction of the Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>Amadi insisted that the Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly remains Martin Amaewhule.<\/p>\n<p>The clerk said the three members of the assembly loyal to Fubara\u2014Hon. 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