INEC asked to conduct fresh elections in Rivers to replace vacant seats of lawmakers loyal to Wike

Joseph Irikefe

INEC has been asked to conduct a fresh election in Rivers State to replace vacant seats in the state legislature.

The Rivers State House of Assembly members loyal to Governor Siminalayi Fubara, said it had written to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct elections to fill the vacant seats in the state legislature.

It will be recalled that five months into his administration, Governor Fubara fell out of favour with his predecessor and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike.

Their disagreement was said to have stemmed from some misunderstanding between the governor and the FCT minister.

Feeling slighted, Fubara started avoiding Wike and soon afterwards, both leaders were no longer seen together attending important state functions.