The Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, is currently meeting with the members of the state executive council.
It was gathered that the meeting is held at the Government House in Port Harcourt, the state capital.
The emergency meeting followed the defection of 27 out of the 32-members of the state House of Assembly from ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP to the opposition All Progressives Congress, APC.
Their defection was a fresh twist to the lingering political impasse between the governor and his political godfather, former governor Nyesom Wike, who is currently the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory.
The meeting is not unconnected with the ongoing political crisis in the state, in which the lawmakers made a failed attempt to impeach the governor a few weeks ago.
