The
faction, which enjoys the backing of President Goodluck Jonathan and his wife,
Patience, is currently developing a strategy aimed at accessing the sealed
Assembly complex to hold its sitting, the Premium Times source said.
It was
also learnt that the state police had agreed to provide cover for the lawmakers
to hold their sitting.
Ahmad
Muhammad, the spokesperson for the Rivers Police Command, refused either to
deny or to confirm the allegation stating that he is currently in Lagos.
The leader
of the lawmakers group, Evan Bipi, confirmed to journalists in a telephone
interview that the meeting would take place today (Friday).
"The
police are asking for the court judgment before they will allow us sit but I’m
currently talking to them. In a little while, lets say 10 a.m., we will proceed
to the Assembly."
"I
took them to court and won so why should they try to sit there. That was
why the police stopped them."
At the
same time the deputy speaker of the Assembly, Leyii Kwani, said to the Premium
Times journalists Friday morning that his group would resist any attempt by the
police to allow the group to sit.
"We
will not fold our arms and allow them to commit illegality. We will repeat
what we did yesterday by trying to sit too. If the police do not allow us to
enter the Assembly, we will sit outside. If that does not work, we will move
elsewhere to continue our sitting."
It would
be recalled that the police had on Thursday disrupted a sitting
of pro-Amaechi lawmakers.
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