The Abia State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Occasion, PDP, has condemned the choice of the member representing Isiala Ngwa South constituency, Rowland Dennis Chinwendu, to depart the occasion and be a part of the Labour Occasion, LP.
Chinwendu’s defection was introduced on the ground of the Abia State Home of Meeting on Tuesday, a couple of days after rumours surfaced that he was planning to depart PDP.
Reacting to the event, PDP said that it might instantly write to the Unbiased Nationwide Electoral Fee, INEC, to declare the lawmaker’s seat vacant immediately.
In a press release issued on Tuesday night by Eric Ikwuagwu, the Publicity Secretary of PDP in Abia, the occasion described Chinwendu’s defection as unethical and unconstitutional.
In keeping with Ikwuagwu, Part 68(1)(g) of the Structure of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended) clearly stipulates that any member of a legislative home who defects from the occasion on whose platform they have been elected should vacate their seat until there’s a clear division or merger within the authentic occasion.
He defined that no division or merger presently exists within the Abia PDP.The occasion additionally said that it might “institute speedy authorized proceedings in a courtroom of competent jurisdiction to make sure that the constitutional provisions defending the integrity of our democratic system are strictly upheld.”
