Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Hon. Martin Amaewhule, has won the All Progressives Congress (APC) primary election and has been declared the party’s flag-bearer for the Obio-Akpor Federal Constituency.
Amaewhule is the current Speaker of the 10th Rivers State House of Assembly.
He has been a member of the Rivers State House of Assembly since 2011, representing Obio-Akpor Constituency I.
He presides over the Assembly that attempted to impeach Governor Siminalayi Fubara, on different occasions.
He is a diehard loyalist of Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, and widely regarded as an ally of the former governor.