Port Harcourt, Rivers state – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that the 25 defected Rivers house of assembly members have “summarily lost their seats”.
TimesNow.com.ng recalls that lawmakers loyal to Nyesom Wike, the minister of the federal capital territory (FCT), defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in late 2023, the governing central party.
On Friday, May 10, 2024, the APC said the 25 defected legislators remain bonafide members of the Rivers assembly, adding that only a properly-constituted court of law can decide whether a house of assembly member has vacated his seat.
However, in a statement signed by Debo Ologunagba, its spokesperson on Saturday, May 11, the PDP said “nothing in the proviso protects or allows them to retain their membership of the Rivers state house of assembly after decamping from the political party upon which they were elected”.
The PDP said:
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Earlier, TimesNow.com.ng reported that viral video clips of some LG chairmen and their deputies in Rivers state chanting support for the PDP and the APC surfaced online.
The viral video is fueling new insinuations on the political disposition of Wike and Governor Fubara.
Source: TimesNow.com.ng
