PDP insists on declaring 26 defected Rivers lawmakers' seats vacant
PDP National Legal Adviser, Adeyemi Ajibade, SAN, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Abuja.
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PDP National Legal Adviser, Adeyemi Ajibade, SAN, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Abuja.
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) - Justice Donatus Okorowo of the Federal High Court in Abuja has extended the interim order stopping the Independent National Electoral Commission ((INEC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from taking any action against the 26 Rivers House of Assembly members who defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Justice Okorowo extended the
The federal high court in Abuja has extended the order that restrained INEC and the Rivers state house of assembly from declaring 27 seats vacant.
The PUNCH reports that the Rivers PDP declared the seats of the 27 lawmakers vacant after they defected to the APC on December 11 amid the power play between Governor Siminilayi Fubara and his estranged political godfather and former governor, Nyesom Wike.
Justice Donatus Okorowo of a Federal High Court in Abuja, has extended the Dec. 15 interim order stopping the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)