On Tuesday July 19, members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and some civil society groups protested in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, calling for the swearing in of two members of the party who won elections into the state House of Assembly, Victoria Nyeche of Port Harcourt Constituency I and Andrew Miller of Opobo/Nkoro Constituency both into the Rivers State House of Assembly (RSHA).
The protesters led by APC deputy National Chairman, Oji Ngofa, trooped outside the Rivers State judiciary and Assembly complexes. They carried posters blaming the state judiciary of corruption.
The protest started around 7a.m when protesters assembled around the General Post Office area adjacent to the judiciary complex under the watchful eyes of security men who stood at a distance.
At about 8a.m, the protesters paraded to the gate of the judiciary and later moved to the Rivers State House of Assembly Complex where the leaders spoke with the troop.
It would be recalled that despite various tribunal and appeal court rulings declaring the two APC members winners of their state constituency elections and subsequent issuance of Certificates of Return by the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC), the Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, has rejected to swear in the two APC members into the assembly, hinging his action on purported statements of certain courts in Rivers State.
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