The River state House of Assembly Complex was on Wednesday demolished.

This comes as Governor Siminalayi Fubara presented the 2024 appropriation bill to a factional group at the Government House the same moment the demolition was carried out.

The group, led by Edison Ehie  was recognised by the court as the Speaker of the House while the court restrained Martins Amaewhule from parading himself as the speaker.

The presentation of the budget was held at a hall in the Government House, apparently, due to the  demolition of the state assembly complex which started Wednesday morning.

Present at the budget presentation were members of the House loyal to Ehie. None of the members who recently moved from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) was in attendance.

Also present were a former speaker of the House, Adams Dabotorudinma; and former Deputy Speaker, Marshal Uwom.

The demolition of the complex was carried out by the state government.

The Complex was demolished amid tight security.

The demolition exercise started at about 6:45am with the state governor leading a convoy consisting of about 10 bulldozers carried on heavy-duty flatbed lorries into the Assembly premises.

Security presence along Moscow road was very tight, with both sides of the road completely cordoned off and blocked to vehicular traffic.

Meanwhile, the Rivers State Government said the renovation of the State House of Assembly Complex was carried out on the advice of consultants, who warned that the building is no longer habitable.

The government said the advice to demolish and restructure the building was predicated on the recent fire that engulfed the allowed chambers and the need to strengthen the long existing complex.

The Commissioner for Information, Joe Johnson, stated this on the sidelines of the presentation of the 2024 budget at the Government House in Port Harcourt.