Lawmakers of the All Progressives Congress, APC, had gone to court seeking an injunction after they suspected that PDP lawmakers were planning to reconvene the House in defiance of its leadership.

The Speaker, Aminu Tambuwal, had after defecting to the APC on October 28 adjourned the House to December 3.

Details of the court proceedings are still sketchy but the APC had three days ago alleged that President Goodluck Jonathan was plotting, alongside PDP lawmakers, to reconvene the House in violation of laid down procedures.

"We reject this meddling in the affairs of the Legislature especially given the resolution of President Jonathan and his close advisers yesterday at their meeting to ask the Deputy Speaker Emeka Ihedioha to unlawfully reconvene the House before the adjourned date,” the party said in a statement by its spokesperson, Lai Mohammed.

"May we remind President Goodluck Jonathan that under the House Rules, only a resolution by all principal officers of the House and not even the Speaker of the House can reconvene the House before the adjourned date not to talk of the Deputy Speaker.”

The spokesperson of the House, Zakari Mohammed, had on Sunday said the lawmaking body cannot cut short its recess without the express approval of its speaker, Mr. Tambuwal.

PREMIUM TIMES and other media had reported moves by loyalists of President Goodluck Jonathan and the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to reconvene the House before its scheduled resumption date of December 3.

An early resumption is reportedly being proposed to execute the removal of Mr. Tambuwal as Speaker of the PDP-majority House.

After Mr. Tambuwal defected to the opposition, his security details were controversially withdrawn.

In his statement, Mr. Mohammed, clarified the legal procedure to reconvene the House before December 3.

Read his full statement Here: https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/170514-breaking-tambuwals-defection-court-stops-pdp-lawmakers-from-reconvening-house-of-reps.html