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Court Of Appeal Sacks Ondo APC Reps Member by ogbonnajoe(m): 4:27am On Sep 16, 2014 |
16.Sep.2014 Yinka Oladoyinbo - Akure THE Court of Appeal sitting in Akure, the Ondo State capital, on Monday, sacked the member of the House of Representatives, Mr Ifedayo Sunday Abegunde representing Akure South and North federal constituency from the National Assembly. The court declared the seat of the only All Progressives Congress (APC) vacant following his defection from Labour Party (LP) on which platform he was elected. The appellate court ruled that Abegunde did not adhere to the constitutional process of defecting from one party to another. Abegunde popularly known as Abena had defected from the ruling LP to rival APC because of an alleged division in the party. However, apparently wanting to prevent his recall from the House of Representatives, Abegunde through his lawyer, Mr Yemi Osinbajo, sought the protection of the Federal High Court. He asked the court to pronounce that the division within the LP facilitated his defection to the APC. In his originating summons, Abegunde wanted the court to determine whether or not in view of the provisions of section 68(1) (g) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended, he is not entitled to dump the LP to another party. However, the State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Eyitayo Jegede, filed a counter-claim among others claiming that he should automatically vacate the seat having left the LP that sponsored him into the National Assembly. The lower court however ruled that Abegunde was wrong to have defected from LP to the then Action Congress of Nigeria (AC) thereby declared the seat vacant following which the appellant approached the appeal court to upturn the decision of the lower court. After the exchange of briefs and written addresses by the plaintiff and defendants, the appeal court dismissed the appeal filed by the lawmaker and upheld the verdict of the lower court. Aside from setting aside the written address of the lawmaker, the presiding judge said the appellant had violated section 68 (1) (g) of the 1999 Constitution and should therefore vacate his seat. the tribune 1 Like |
Re: Court Of Appeal Sacks Ondo APC Reps Member by Billygee2u: 5:47am On Sep 16, 2014 |
they will still blame it on GEJ |
Re: Court Of Appeal Sacks Ondo APC Reps Member by ogbonnajoe(m): 5:59am On Sep 16, 2014 |
it makes no sence...............because he has only just few months to the constitutional expiration of tenure of office, |
Re: Court Of Appeal Sacks Ondo APC Reps Member by mkpakanaodogwu(m): 6:58am On Sep 16, 2014 |
Apc gathering where they did not sow |
Re: Court Of Appeal Sacks Ondo APC Reps Member by Ayed44: 7:02am On Sep 16, 2014 |
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Re: Court Of Appeal Sacks Ondo APC Reps Member by Splashme: 7:06am On Sep 16, 2014 |
. . . . and the djandjaweeds keep crumbling. |
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