The factional Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Edison Ehie, has insisted that he is solidly behind the state governor, Sim Fubara, after he alleges an attack on his house by gunmen in police uniform.

Earlier yesterday, Edison Ehie alleged that armed men suspected to be police officers and political thugs invaded his residence, calling the alleged attack an assassination attempt.

Speaking later, Ehie said he is ready to lay down his life, if need be, insisting that loyalty to Governor Fubara is total.

Reacting to the assassination allegation from Ehie, Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Olatunji Disu, said the claim is not true, noting that what happened was a pure case of policemen on a routine convoy patrol.

CP Disu spoke to journalists outside the Executive Council Chambers after a courtesy visit to Governor Siminalayi Fubara in Port Harcourt, the state capital.