The Motion Folks’s Social gathering (APP) has vowed to enchantment the Federal Excessive Court docket judgement declaring the defection of 27 Rivers State lawmakers as a pre-election matter.
On Friday, the Federal Excessive Court docket in Abuja dismissed a swimsuit instituted by APP towards the 27 members of the Rivers State Home of Meeting, who insisted on retaining their seats within the Home having defected from PDP to APC towards the availability of the legislation.
In an announcement, the get together’s Nationwide Chairman, Barr. Uche Nnadi, rejected the ruling, insisting that the defectors remained sacked till the next court docket guidelines in any other case.
He acknowledged that the court docket ruling contradicted the structure, questioning how somebody who hasn’t gained an election might be thought-about a lawmaker after which defect, even earlier than being elected.
Nnadi added that the get together was already submitting an enchantment and that Uche Oko-Jumbo stays the Speaker of the Rivers State Home of Meeting.
He mentioned, “So, decampment is now a pre-election matter? That’s not what the structure says. On the abuse of court docket course of, the pending circumstances in that Federal Excessive Court docket earlier than Justice Omotosho had been aimed toward stopping the Nationwide Meeting from taking up the capabilities of the Rivers State Home of Meeting.
“No court docket has declared that the unlawful decampment of the sacked lawmakers is legitimate. They’ll’t are available in via the again door. The matter is being appealed. Primarily based on current court docket rulings, Oko Jumbo stays the Speaker of the Rivers State Home of Meeting,” he acknowledged.
