CharlesPhc:
Justice delayed is justice denied...!!! So since 2011 its now they are delivering judgment. Sha he should better return all the salaries and constituency project monies collected all these years

emperorceaser:
Nice one from the judiciary

atlwireles:
Great one, my PDP will now remain in one piece. No more defection by night anymore.

esere826:

I guess none elected folks can still defect

uken73:
Omo see Gobe. The era of getting a position through a party and dumping it soon after is over.
I think there should even be more stringent rules for switching parties, even for non-office holders. That will better strengthen democracy. Not that almost every politician will abandon ship when their party looses thereby leaving the polity without strong opposition.

atlwireles:


They are normally not the problem.

arsetalkshere:
This is interesting. Although Tambuwal has become governor of his state but considering there is still a case in court and now this judgement, would be interesting to see what happens to Tambuwal vs PDP case.m

Akainzo:


I believe the key part of this judgement is clear: Defection to another party is allowed ONLY when there is DIVISION IN THE NATIONAL STRUCTURE of the party.

So if Tambuwal can prove that there was division in the national structure of PDP, then he would have to lose his position as HOR member.
Clearly though, Tambuwal cited happenings in his STATE, thus he is not going to have any grounds to stand on.

xamuel17:
i wan shave today, my bush dey scratch me

emperorceaser:
The Supreme Court on Friday ordered ‎ a member of House of Representatives representing Akure South/North Federal Constituency of Ondo State, ‎Ifedayo Abegunde, to vacate his seat on account of his defection from the Labour Party, which sponsored his election in 2011, to the now defunct Action Congress of Nigeria.
‎In a unanimous decision by the seven-man panel, led by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Mahmud Mohammed, the apex court held that Abegunde’s defection could not be justified since his excuse of purported division in the Labour Party was not in existence in the “national structure” of the party.
The court noted that the division and factionalisation, cited by Abegunde as his excuse for abandoning the LP, was only at the state level.

Justice Musa Muhammad, who read the lead judgment, held that only a “division” that makes it “impossible or impracticable” for the party to function, by virtue of the provision in Section 68(1)(g) of the constitution, justifies a person’s defection to another party.

Abegunde had defected from LP to the ACN in 2011, and in a bid to pre-empt the party from recalling him, filed a suit at the Federal High Court.

He lost the case at the Federal High Court and the Court of Appeal and subsequently appealed to the Supreme Court.

Details later…


http://www.punchng.com/news/defection-supreme-court-orders-ondo-rep-to-vacate-seat/

ozoigbondu:
The law should start descending heavily on political prostuties we are in a democracy not Jumpocracy.

Ephemmm:


Really! But why can't the law take effect on the acting Governor who defected from LP to PDP?

aguiyi:
where is retar demdem, shey you were insulting me over this issue on one thread.

have you seen it now that tambuwal erred and should be sacked from the house.

Demdem:


Fool, have been here before u. Go up and see my post. Did u see the reason the supreme court gave? how will this apply to Tambuwal? Have u heard of nPDP? was it at the national level or state level? U dont sound smart at all.
Above all, oya go to court now on Tambuwals case.

aguiyi:

anuofia

xamuel17:
i wan shave today, my bush dey scratch me

xamuel17:
i wan shave today, my bush dey scratch me

Sweetcollins:
Okay o... Afta how many years
Meanwhile, I want to go to London and rest in peace

Lemon12:
Fuuuck buhari.

Bleep. Apc

Occurstaem:
Since 2011.
This is the real issue. General Buhari should look into the slow motion that is synonymous to our judicial sector. Thank God our vice president-elect is a lawyer. Our judiciary should braze up in delivering its verdict.