As the division in
the Edo State
House of
Assembly
continues , the House
has declared the seat of one of its
members , vacant .
The Speaker , Uyi Igbe , who made the
declaration during the House plenary at
old assembly complex in Benin ,
explained that the affected lawmaker ,
Abdulrazak Momoh , representing Etsako
West 1 constituency, defected from the
All Progressives Congress to the Peoples
Democratic Party without following due
process .
Igbe stated that session 109 ( 1 ) ( g ) of
the 1999 constitution, as amended,
authorised the Speaker to declare the
seat of a lawmaker upon defection from
the party he was elected to another party
and called on the Independent National
Electoral Commission to take necessary
steps to fill the vacant position within 90
days .
Abdulrazak Momoh , who however ,
described the action as laughable , said
the 15 APC lawmakers ’ action was cut
short by the court action instituted
against them for forging his signature .
Momoh said there was a subsisting
court order stopping the House from
declaring seats vacant , suspending and
stopping the salaries of the defected
lawmakers .
He said the Speaker had in the past said
he ( Momoh ) was not suspended
because of a pending legal action he
instituted against the Assembly .
Momoh said, “And the court restrained
them from suspending and declaring my
seat vacant . It is already a known fact
that they do not obey court orders .
“ What they have done today is null and
void because the Government House is
not the designated place for legislative
activities. ”
The lawmakers have continued to
hold separate plenaries since June 9 ,
when crisis erupted among the 24 -
member House.

http://dailyindependentnig.com/2014/07/edo-assembly-declares-defected-lawmakers-seat-vacant/

similarity between APC and ebola virus?

Apc party is causing problems all the time nothing good have come out of them

For where

dis country sha

What about the 37 federal law makers that defected to the APC from PDP?