Nigeria, March 13 -- Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has shed light on how he was denied access to the state assembly quarters on Wednesday in Port Harcourt, the state capital.

Mr Fubara was at the assembly quarters to re-present the 2025 budget to 27 lawmakers of the state assembly under the leadership of the Speaker, Martin Amaewhule.

The Amaewhule-led assembly is made up of 27 lawmakers, all of whom are loyal to the Minister of the FCT, Nyesom Wike.

Mr Fubara, in his first public response later on Wednesday, said he was shocked that the lawmakers denied him access into the assembly quarters despite previously informing them of his coming.

The governor spoke during the inauguration of the Bori Zonal Hospital in Khana Loca...