The court had ruled on December 9 2015 that the Speaker should vacate the seat and ordered a rerun to fill the seat of Southern Ijaw Constituency IV in the assembly. The Speaker decided to obey the court order, as Tuesday’s sitting was presided over by the Deputy Speaker, Abraham Igonbere. Thenigerialawyer gathered that the decision by the Speaker to step down was reached after a closed-door meeting with Governor Dickson, the Attorney-General of the state, Kemesuode Wodu and the legal team of the Speaker. Thenigerialawyer reported on Saturday that the Speaker refused to vacate his seat after the Appeal Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, sacked him 40 days ago.]]>