Court sacks 20 lawmakers over defection
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has sacked twenty members of the Cross River State House of Assembly, which include the Speaker Hon Eteng Williams over their defection from the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Penpushing reports that, the judge, Justice Taiwo Taiwo on Monday while delivering judgement on a suit instituted by the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) to challenge the lawmakers’ defection, dismissed all the preliminary objections raised by the sacked lawmakers.
“A day must surely come when elected officials, must ask the people who voted for them before defecting to other political parties. The lawmakers wined and dined under the umbrella of the PDP, but ditched the party even when there was no justification for their action. The defendants court documents were contrived and filed with loopholes. The papers are manifestly defective,” the judge said
Penpushing further reports that, the judge granted all the reliefs sought by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) while the defendants in the suit include the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the All Progressives Congress(APC) and Clerk of the State House of Assembly.
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