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The Supreme Court on Friday ordered ‎ a member of House of Representatives representing Akure South/North Federal Constituency of Ondo State, ‎Ifedayo Abegunde, to vacate his seat on of his defection from the Labour Party, which sponsored his election in 2011, to the now defunct Action Congress of Nigeria.
‎In a unanimous decision by the seven-man , led by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Mahmud Mohammed, the apex court held that Abegunde’s defection could not be justified since his excuse of purported division in the Labour Party was not in existence in the “national structure” of the party.
The court noted that the division and factionalisation, cited by Abegunde as his excuse for abandoning the LP, was only at the state level.

Justice Musa Muhammad, who read the lead judgment, held that only a “division” that makes it “impossible or impracticable” for the party to function, by virtue of the provision in Section 68(1)(g) of the constitution, justifies a person’s defection to another party.

Abegunde had defected from LP to the ACN in 2011, and in a bid to pre-empt the party from recalling him, filed a suit at the Federal High Court.

He lost the case at the Federal High Court and the Court of Appeal and subsequently appealed to the Supreme Court.

Details later…


http://www.punchng.com/news/defection-supreme-court-orders-ondo-rep-to-vacate-seat/

Nice one from the judiciary

The law should start descending heavily on political prostuties we are in a democracy not Jumpocracy.

Ok, good

i wan shave today, my bush dey scratch me

Justice delayed is justice denied...!!! So since 2011 its now they are delivering judgment. Sha he should better return all the salaries and constituency project monies collected all these years.

Okay o... Afta how many years
Meanwhile, I want to go to London and rest in peace

Omo see Gobe. The era of getting a position through a party and dumping it soon after is over.
I think there should even be more stringent rules for switching parties, even for non-office holders. That will better strengthen democracy. Not that almost every politician will abandon ship when their party looses thereby leaving the polity without strong opposition.

God is the only supreme being

G

dis life na turn by turn.... Chop make odaz chop so no vex sir

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This is another important step in the development of our nascent democracy.

Hopefully, this should curb defections in the future.

But what happens to all the allocations and accrued benefits he has been eenjoying since 2011?

Rubbish.

Fuuuck buhari.

Bleep. Apc

Lemon12:
Fuuuck buhari.

Bleep. Apc

, you can't even hide that shameless behaviour you exhibit in your normal life on net.

sorry is your case

Great one, my PDP will now remain in one piece. No more defection by night .

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Ok we don hear. By the way its been a long time i saw the student, are they on strike or they have been told to vacate seat by the Nairaland cheif justice?

This is interesting. Although Tambuwal has become governor of his state but considering there is still a case in court and now this judgement, would be interesting to see what happens to Tambuwal vs PDP case.m

Since 2011.
This is the real issue. General Buhari should look into the slow motion that is synonymous to our judicial sector. Thank God our vice president-elect is a lawyer. Our judiciary should braze up in delivering its verdict.

Good! Probably our politicians wuill learn to stay put at the party that sponsored their elections.

Btw, MODs should correct the title; it is 'seat' and not "sit"

This is an excellent precedence. A big stop to such jumps.

Nigerian politicians don't even stand for any ideology, they just want to be in power

ANGER
nonsense
since 2011
what kind of judgement is this?
medicine after death

what is the implication on Mimiko, Mimiko's deputy, Rochas, Amaechi, Tambunwal, Kwara State governor, et al?


JOY
anyway sha. this judgement is brilliant ..I'm elated
it should hopefully curb defections in future
democracy has to be deepened instead of this jumping around of politicians as if they are acting Matrix

that's a good one...I think this might also apply to some of our honourables in the upper and lower chambers respectively, who decamped from APC to PDP and vice versa...