CSO threatens lawsuits against 27 Rivers lawmakers
The organisation added that it was unconstitutional for the lawmakers to have defected to another party from the Peoples Democratic Party, where they emerged to represent the people of the state.
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The organisation added that it was unconstitutional for the lawmakers to have defected to another party from the Peoples Democratic Party, where they emerged to represent the people of the state.
The PUNCH reports on December 8 that Fubara said no level of sabotage deliberately staged would make him abandon the mandate given to him to serve, protect and advance the fortunes of the state.
In Uganda, a lawmaker who defects automatically loses his seat. In the United Kingdom and India, public opinion can force a lawmaker to resign after defection, but he can contest the by-election for the vacant seat.
One of the members of the Rivers State House of Assembly, who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress, Hon Tonye Smart Adoki, has debunked reports that he has returned to his former party.
Tonye Smart Adoki, a member of the Rivers State House of Assembly who defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC, has denied returning to the Peoples