A drama ensued at the Rivers State House of Assembly Complex late this Wednesday morning, March 12, 2025 when Governor Siminalayi Fubara arrived at the quarters but the entrance gate was locked against him.

A Channels Television report said that the security personnel at the complex locked the gates when the governor’s convoy arrived at the complex.

“The action of the security personnel was hinged on the position that there was no official communication between the governor and the Assembly.

“However, Fubara said he communicated his coming to Speaker Martins Amaewhule through a letter and tried to call him on the phone since Tuesday,” the report said.

The lockout came shortly after Fubara’s estranged political godfather, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, described as “useless”, the letter written to the Rivers State House of Assembly by Fubara seeking an audience with the lawmakers over the implementation of the verdict of the Supreme Court on the political affairs of the state.

Wike, the immediate-past governor of the oil-rich South-South state, spoke during a chat with journalists in Abuja.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) powerbroker said Speaker Martins Amaewhule and other lawmakers in the Rivers Assembly are not Fubara’s boys and should be accorded some respect.

Wike said instead of inviting members of the House through a public letter, Fubara should have called Amaewhule and his team via the phone and agreed on a date and time for a meeting.