{"id":10426,"date":"2010-06-22T09:00:31","date_gmt":"2010-06-22T13:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sierraexpressmedia.com\/?p=10426"},"modified":"2010-06-22T09:00:31","modified_gmt":"2010-06-22T13:00:31","slug":"nigerian-mps-hurt-after-scuffle-in-national-assembly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/?p=10426","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian MPs hurt after scuffle in National Assembly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A Nigerian lawmaker has broken his arm in a scuffle in the National Assembly. \u00c2\u00a0(Photo: Solomon Ahwinahwi is being treated in hospital)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Solomon Ahwinahwi is part of a group of Representatives trying to force the Speaker to step down.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He was injured when a fight broke out after supporters of the Speaker tried to file a counter-motion to suspend them from the House of Representatives.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Another Representative, Doris Uboh, was also injured. Mr Ahwinahwi was treated at a National Assembly clinic before being taken to hospital.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The BBC&#8217;s Mohammed Aba in Abuja says police tried to detain two photographers who had taken pictures of the clash but they were eventually freed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He says the group trying to oust Speaker Oladimeji Bankole are known as the Progressives. They are from the ruling People&#8217;s Democratic Party.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nigerian politics is in a state of flux after the death of President Umaru Yar&#8217;Adua in May.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It remains unclear whether his successor Goodluck Jonathan will contest elections due early in 2011.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Stay with Sierra Express Media, for your trusted place in news!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Nigerian lawmaker has broken his arm in a scuffle in the National Assembly. \u00c2\u00a0(Photo: Solomon Ahwinahwi is being treated in hospital) Solomon Ahwinahwi is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":75801,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[751,1],"tags":[3737,3689],"class_list":["post-10426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-global-news","category-uncategorized","tag-nigerian-mps-hurt","tag-nigerian-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10426\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/75801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}