The Supreme Court has ordered a temporary blockade of Rivers State Funds until a properly-constituted State House of Assembly, as required by the 1999 Constitution, is put in place.
In a ruling delivered on Friday, the apex court directed the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to withhold funds from the Rivers State Government until the legislative impasse is resolved.
The court also upheld the legitimacy of the faction led by Speaker Martins Amaewhule, recognizing it as the duly constituted Rivers State House of Assembly.