{"id":153719,"date":"2025-03-03T11:28:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T10:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/security-beefed-up-as-rivers-assembly-resumes-sitting-after-supreme-court-ruling"},"modified":"2025-03-10T00:41:49","modified_gmt":"2025-03-09T23:41:49","slug":"security-beefed-up-as-rivers-assembly-resumes-sitting-after-supreme-court-ruling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/security-beefed-up-as-rivers-assembly-resumes-sitting-after-supreme-court-ruling","title":{"rendered":"Security beefed up as Rivers Assembly resumes sitting after Supreme Court ruling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Security has been beefed up at the Rivers House of Assembly in Port Harcourt as the lawmakers are expected to resume sitting under the leadership of Martin Amaewhule.<\/p>\n<p>According to Channels TV, the Speaker of the Assembly, Amaewhule released the notice of the sitting on Monday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that the Supreme Court on Friday ordered the Amaewhule-led faction of the Rivers State Assembly and other elected members of the House to resume sitting unhindered.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday morning, multiple squads of policemen and operatives of the Department of State Services, DSS, were observed at the Assembly Complex.<\/p>\n<p>Although it is unclear what Monday\u2019s plenary is about, it may not be unconnected to issues about local government administration in Rivers State.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Security has been beefed up at the Rivers House of Assembly in Port Harcourt as the lawmakers are expected to resume sitting under the leadership of Martin Amaewhule. According to Channels TV, the Speaker of the Assembly, Amaewhule released the notice of the sitting on Monday morning. 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