The Rivers State House of Assembly, on Thursday, adopted a motion to delist Sir Celestine Omehia, as a former governor of the State.
The motion to derecognise the politician, was moved by the leader of the House, Hon. Martin Amaewhule.
Omehia is a close ally of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.
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He was governor of the state from May 29, 2007 to October 25, 2007 when he was removed by the Supreme Court and replaced by Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi as the rightful PDP governor at the time.
Justices of the Supreme Court, while delivering their judgement, had declared that in the eye of the law, Omehia was never a governor, but on June 25, 2015, the incumbent governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, officially recognised Omehia as a former governor of the State.
