Nigeria, March 18 -- Rivers State Government has warned of "avoidable calamities" that would affect the people and residents of the state if the pro-Wike lawmakers continue to rebuff Governor Siminalayi Fubara's effort to end the state's political crises.

Mr Fubara and his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, the FCT minister, have been locked in a protracted battle to control the political structures in the oil-rich Rivers.

The political crises split the state's legislature into two factions, with 27 lawmakers loyal to Mr Wike and three to Mr Fubara. The governor had recognised the three-member faction because the others "lost" their seats in the assembly since they had defected from the PDP to the APC.

However, a recent Supreme Court judgement ...