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26 Rivers State House Of Assembly Who Defected To APC Have Lost Their Seats – PDP Insists On Fresh Poll

No fewer than 27 of the House of Assembly said to be loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory and immediate governor of the state, Nyesom Wike, had defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the APC.


The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has maintained that the 26 Rivers House of Assembly lawmakers who left the party for the All Progressives Congress (APC) were no longer of the state legislature.
No fewer than 27 of the House of Assembly said to be loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory and immediate governor of the state, Nyesom Wike, had defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the APC.
The lawmakers announced their defection at the plenary, citing division in the PDP as the reason for the move.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to immediately commence the process of conducting fresh elections into the 27 state constituencies in Rivers State over defections by their lawmakers.
The National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Hon. Debo Ologunagba, in a statement, said the call for the election followed the vacancies created when the state lawmakers willfully abandoned their seats by defecting from to the APC.
The party explained that by defecting from the PDP to the APC, the seats of the 27 former lawmakers had become vacant by the provision of Section 109 (1) (g) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended).

PDP urged the lawmakers to stop parading themselves as of the Rivers State House of Assembly as such would amount to impersonation with criminal consequences.

The PDP National Legal Adviser, Adeyemi Ajibade, SAN, on Thursday told journalists that though President Bola Tinubu might have waded in the dispute between the Governor Siminalayi Fubara and the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, the party stood on what the constitution says on defection.
Ajibade while addressing newsmen shortly after Justice Donatus Okorowo of a Federal High Court, Abuja, adjourned the embattled lawmakers’ suit until January 24, 2024, said; “PDP as a party, we are standing on the side of the constitution of the country.
“It is not about issues of an agreement because by the constitution, we all sworn to uphold.

“The governor himself sworn to uphold the constitution likewise the president; I am not against the president, calling for the resolution of the matter. He is the chief security officer of this country and he has every right to intervene in the issue.”
According to the senior lawyer, aside from that, the constitution of the country is very clear; Section 109 (1g) is clear as to issues of detection, adding that the affected lawmakers had not denied that they had not defected.

https://saharareporters.com/2023/12/28/26-rivers-state-house-assembly--who-defected-apc-have-lost-their-seats-pdp

01Deji:
The biggest losers are the commissioners who resigned before the peace pact

You are very correct.
Na why e no good to always carry another person fight for head.

PDP still dey Nigeria?

PDP is daft, how can suspended declare the seats of 27 vacant?

After Supreme judgment on fubara, alot of drama will play out.

River state does not belong to one selfish fellow

01Deji:
The biggest losers are the commissioners who resigned before the peace pact

For this harsh economy, I come resign commissioner work...I dey ment

Ok

All this one na because wike dey pepper una, if pdp go court Apc follow dem. Who think go win?
Make some of comot una cheap hate, so Dat una fit see fornt well

orohbirodeysmel:


For this harsh economy, I come resign commissioner work...I dey ment

if I be chairman sef I will not do that

The habit of career politicians jumping from one party to another like oloshoww should be frowned at

You can’t use party A logo and manifesto to win an election then decamp to party B because of your personal agenda and you still want to retain that position, it’s very wrong

The people voted for you because they didnt just believed in you but the party as well, so if you desire to leave the party, leave the position of power they gave you behind as well

Go and win positions in your desire party with their logo and manifestos

Nigerian politicians are notorious for that, and there has to be scape goats so those decamped party oloshos should let APC give power and position to them.

PDP must not gree for them, they should replace them asap

The governor is really demoralising his ers in Rivers State and beyond

Nice one

No body is above the law, Judiciary should do justice not like what we saw last time.

Good

They should meet Wike to give them jobs in FCT.

Confusing headline from a confusionist. It initially sounded like a court verdict until it got to a point where I read it was from some quintessential political jesters.

In sane society, individual can go to court and proof it for them, but our own court will start saying all form of incoherent English, tactical delay & denial and technicanity to frustrate people........ meddlesome interloper, status quo, interlocutory objection , Ultra vires among others.

Despite they see peace paths coming..

Political slavery...

Omo this coming January go sweet for this matter ooo... 😁😁

Follow who know road, but no let dem use you clear road..

They don use this 26 clear road.. used as a political pawn

Wait until the courts decide

A better Nigeria 🇳🇬 all around is all we want at MANNA.

God bless Rivers State.

GOD BLESS NIGERIA 🇳🇬

IamAtikulate said this almost 3 weeks ago.......
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(Guess he is a prophet or just understands Naija politics to the core )

This is serious oh

01Deji:
The biggest losers are the commissioners who resigned before the peace pact

How are they losers? Didnt u read the peace pact.. Fubara was told to reinstate them immediately and all they need to do is present thier portfolio to the house of assembly

Y

Those commissioners are currently jobless

They should migrate to Ogun and E-BOLA miscreants in skull mining

Hbbcc

Morbeta11:

https://saharareporters.com/2023/12/28/26-rivers-state-house-assembly--who-defected-apc-have-lost-their-seats-pdp

Oga your headline is misleading

We must return sanity back to our political arena.

Lose ko, lose ni. Clowns

IS PDP now the court of law?
How many politicians that have crossed party line have lost their seats?
These delusional retarded PDP are some of the dumbest fools in Nigeria.

They will complete their time in the assembly, and the dumbest retarded IPOB terrorist cannibal online wailers will just wail and cry for the rest of their tenure as usual.

IDIOTS