Fighting has broken out in Anambra State House of Assembly and lawmakers are now throwing blows at each other.

Sources said both speakers; Rt. Hon. Rita Maduagwu and Hon. Ikem Uzoezie had arrived the State Assembly complex at about 10am in the morning, but could not sit for plenary because of the tussle over which of the two Speakers should preside over the meeting.

Rita Maduagwu had first entered the hallowed chambers and sat on the Speaker’s seat, but later left when she found that only two of her supporters were present.

As about 2:30pm when she returned to preside over the House, Uzoezie had already taken the Speaker’s seat, refusing to give way for Maduagwu, causing a huge uproar in the House.

Hon. Obinna Emenaka, a pro-Maduagwu lawmaker engaged a pro-Uzoezie lawmaker, Romanus Obi, in a fight. Emenaka who now uses crutches deployed them in the fight, but was quickly dispossessed of them by another Pro-Uzoezie lawmaker, Onyebuchi Offor.

“You are not ashamed of yourself, you were schemed out of the party’s primary election in your area and you could not do anything,” Emenaka yelled at Obi.

We gathered that all the lawmakers have refused to leave the chambers, with Uzoezie sitting tight on the Speaker’s seat, while the refusal of the clerk to make available the mace was still stalling Uzoezie’s attempt to preside over the House.

For those who don’t know, about 22 out of the 30 members of the House had three weeks ago impeached Speaker Rita Maduagwu, replacing her with Hon. Ikem Uzoezie. But Maduagwu had quickly denied being impeached.