Nigeria, March 15 -- The Rivers House of Assembly has adjourned its sittings indefinitely amid the 2025 Budget presentation drama.

The assembly resolved to adjourn the legislative sitting indefinitely during plenary on Friday, the Punch reported.

The Speaker, Martin Amaewhule, presided over the plenary in Port Harcourt, the state capital.

The Amaewhule-led assembly comprises 27 lawmakers, all of whom are loyal to the Minister of the FCT, Nyesom Wike, the immediate past governor of Rivers.

Messrs Wike and Fubara have been locked in a protracted fight over the control of the political structures in Rivers State, which initially split the assembly into two factions.

The lawmakers' indefinite adjournment of the sittings came hours after ...