A federal high court in Uyo on Wednesday declared vacant the seat of a lawmaker in Akwa Ibom State who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

The affected lawmaker, Idongesit Ituen, represented Itu State Constituency in the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly.

The suit was filed by Mr Ituen in September this year to pre-empt the Speaker of the House of Assembly, Onofiok Luke, from declaring his seat vacant.

Apart from the speaker, other defendants in the suit were the PDP, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), and the commissioner of police, Akwa Ibom state.

Mr Luke had filed a counterclaim, seeking for “a declaration that having defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress before the expiration of the tenure of four years for which he was elected to serve, Hon. Idongesit Ntuen has lost his seat in the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly.

“An order of court directing Hon Idongesit Ituen to vacate the Itu State Constituency seat in the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly with immediate effect.

“An order of court restraining the Speaker of the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly or any other person acting on his behalf (including the staff of the House of Assembly) from further recognising Hon. Idongesit Ituen as a member of the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly.

ManirBK:
now wailers wldnt say anything since it favour PDP, bt wait for d second half of ths game

dukie25:

As at this moment, APC is factionalized, there's only one PDP now.

ManirBK:
Hundreds have cross carpeted. So this ruling must go round all of them

ManirBK:
now wailers wldnt say anything since it favour PDP, bt wait for d second half of ths game

mushystuff:
Trouble dey sleep iyanga go wake am! Who send am to go do preemptive strike? It is the Ituen that initiated the suit himself to preempt the Speaker now it has gone against him and bitten him in the arse! Why was he running when nothing was chasing him?

ManirBK:


https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/295615-court-sacks-lawmaker-who-defected-from-pdp-to-apc.html

ManirBK:
Saraki is next to be axed from red chamber!

OmoManU:
Where re the good intended and right minded Kwara central people to file same against Senate president Bukola Saraki too

ManirBK:
now wailers wldnt say anything since it favour PDP, bt wait for d second half of ths game

Stocking:
Saraki should honourably resign from senate president

Justice310:
Sharaap, are we talking about Saraki here? Ewe.

OmoManU:
Where re the good intended and right minded Kwara central people to file same against Senate president Bukola Saraki too

Now there's a precedence

LWKM:


APC just did this thing through that judge so that they can have the locus standi to pursue those that defected from APC to PDP...Or are you forgetting that this is an APC government which has already influenced most of our Institutions