lexy2014:


there is already a supreme court judgement on the issue. so what judgement is APC going to obtain and from which court will it obtain it that negates what the supreme court has said?

LeoDeKing:
We Nigerians never said Peter Obi cannot attend burials or be taking selfies with Davido and Charlie Boy. That is his right duly guaranteed by law.

What we Nigerians are saying is that Peter Obi can never be president of Nigeria 🇳🇬

Politicstoday:
Pdp at the National level has already took them to court since last week. Pro Wike lawmakers are bunch of losers and failures in Rivers State house of Assembly .

December 11, 2023

Press Statement

Rivers State Assembly: PDP Demands INEC to Conduct Fresh Elections in 27 State Constituencies.
…Insists Defected Rivers Lawmakers Automatically Vacated their Seats

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) demands that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) should immediately commence the process of conducting fresh elections into the 27 State Constituencies in Rivers State which have become vacant by reason of the defection of the 27 former State lawmakers in the Rivers State House of Assembly to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

The PDP asserts that by defecting from the PDP, the political Party platform on which they were elected into the Rivers State House of Assembly, the seats of the respective 27 former lawmakers have become vacant by virtue of the provision of Section 109 (1) (g) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended).

For the avoidance of doubt, Section 109 (1) of the 1999 Constitution provides that “a member of a House of Assembly shall vacate his seat in the House if … (g) being a person whose election to the House of Assembly was sponsored by a political Party, he becomes a member of another political party before the expiration of the period for which that House was elected…”

By reason of the above Constitutional provision and its clear interpretation by the Supreme Court, the 27 defected members of the Rivers State House of Assembly have vacated and lost their seats, rights, privileges, recognition and obligations accruable to members of the Rivers State House of Assembly.

The PDP therefore demands that the Speaker of the Rivers State House Assembly immediately comply with the provision of the Constitution by declaring the seats of the 27 former lawmakers vacant.

In view of the vacancy now exiting in the 27 State Constituencies in Rivers State, the PDP demands that INEC should within the stipulated period under the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended) conduct fresh election to fill the vacancies.

Our Party cautions that the former lawmakers should stop parading themselves as members of the Rivers State House of Assembly as such would amount to impersonation with serious criminal consequences.

The PDP commends the people of Rivers State for their steadfastness and loyalty to Democracy and Rule of Law especially at this time.

Signed:

Hon. Debo Ologunagba
National Publicity Secretary

Politicstoday:
You guys never met any requirements, you violate our constitution and the judgement of the Supreme Court of justice on decamping from one party to another when there’s no issues in the National working committee of Pdp. You guys are in serious mess now. You guys will soon will conducting your cooperative meetings via zoom or Twitter space..

Tk4all:
1. No governor will sign that bill. Not even your lord wike.

2. The governor did not recognise your faction so anything you are doing is null and void till a higher court says otherwise, these lawbreakers made a huge mistake to decamp, they should have stay put and show the governor shege from inside, now they are on their own.



My prayer is whomever win this fight should make sure that the loser is rendered irrelevant in rivers, i don't like both of them

Tk4all:
1. No governor will sign that bill. Not even your lord wike.

2. The governor did not recognise your faction so anything you are doing is null and void till a higher court says otherwise, these lawbreakers made a huge mistake to decamp, they should have stay put and show the governor shege from inside ,🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

My prayer is whomever win this fight should make sure that the loser is rendered irrelevant in rivers, i don't like both of them

duality:


Quorum, is based on the valid number of members of a legislative house. There's nothing specific about the number, if a good number, have lost their seats, by defecting to another party.

It's simple. Unless you don't believe in what the law says.

Look, the legislators you are supporting know they have lost their seats. They are only ground standing because of the impunity and corruption in our legal system .

Besides, they already procured a corrupt judge and handed him a judgement for tomorrow morning. Unfortunately, it leaked.

If we don't say the truth, we can't save this country.

duality:


The supreme Court has already settled what constitute division in the party, as with the case of Ondo lawmaker.

It doesn't apply with rivers. So the division story doesn't fly, based on the law.

The law is clear on the issue of part division.

It's quite unfortunate that our courts are too corrupt. If not you won't be saying all these.

duality:



You didn't answer my question. What does the law say about Legislators leaving their party.

It's a simple question.

You can't be talking about quorum, with people who are no longer legislators.

duality:



What does the Law says about legislators leaving their party.

ubest1:
Wike will be cut below abnormal size, 2027 SIM will win easily through sympathy vote, every soul in Rivers will defend PDP vote just to laugh at Wike, Akpabio 2019 treatment await him in 2027

Xscape1993:
This is Nigeria where a sitting governor does not have a say in his administration because of godfatherism. We are not practicing true democracy in Nigeria at all.

SyrusdeHansome:
Sim is dealing with Wike woto woto. I just pity those 27 legislators that defected because their political career may be over. Those who deceived them into defection should come and ask what happened in Akwa Ibom when Akpabio defected. The house members that defected with him all lost their sits and up till now they`ve not been able to make a come back. Let nairaland apc members who don`t know south south politics keep making noise. They keep making noise of federal might but the question is if it`s that easy for the president to rubbish a governor why couldn`t OBJ rubbish Tinubu, Obong Victor Attah nd recently why couldn`t Buhari and Akpabio rubbish Udom?

Akwamkpuruamu:


Against court orders?

Pigstormentor:

Funkyswagzz:


Bro I was in the house of one of the former house of representatives in imo state the day hope was declared the winner. I heard everything that transpired in court buh I won't name anybody cos my life is very important. If you know of civic center at Owerri then u will equally know that most politicians judges and even Cubans chief priest leave there. I'm pointing out to show u I know what am talking about.

Leave those numbers u are seeing there my brother we know what happened 😂😂🏃🏃

Funkyswagzz:


There's one thing you failed to observe, this apc is the government in power so they will do what ever they can to make sure the rule is not over turned. We've seen this severally even in the case of hope uzodimma who didnt take part in primaries, came distant 4th yet the made him the governor. The power that can make a systematic influence to our judiciary in order to subvert justice. This is the plane truth and its very difficult to take power from them. Let's stop this rigmarole every single one of us know the truth