Vickoria Wobo Nyeche kicks against Wike's obvious illegality

Drama, as Hon. Victoria Wobo Nyeche(APC), member of the Rivers State House of Assembly, representing Port Harcourt Constituency 1, staged a walkout of the Assembly Chamber because she would not like to be associated with obvious illegality.

When asked why she walked out, she said that they were billed to sit yesterday but only 7 in a 32-member House showed up for the sitting and as a responsible lawmaker and representative, she had to raise a point of order, pointing out that 7 out of 32 members couldn't constitute 1/3 for quorum but was ruled out of order by the Speaker. This act of illegality, she said, necessitated her to walking out of the Chamber.

The Speaker, Ikunyi Ibani ruled Hon. Victoria Nyeche out of order, stating that in the Attendance Register before him, 11 members signed and are deemed to be present for the sitting and as such the sitting should go on and indeed the sitting commenced even after the Majority Leader, Martins Amaewhule, contradicted the Speaker's claim of only having 11 members signatures in the Attendance Register. Hon. Amaewhule claimed that the 11 persons were physically present before the commencement of the purported sitting.

"At that point I had to walk out of the Chamber as I didn't want to be identified as supporting obvious illegality because the House Rule is very clear on quorum, which is 1/3. In a House of 32 members, 11 members form the quorum for a sitting to be legal and legitimate. Whatever resolution that came out from the House yesterday after I left should be viewed as mere resolution arising from a meeting of friends not lawmakers making laws for our best interest," Hon. Nyeche said.

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