GreatOchuks:


😂😂😂 A Federal Minister to come and testify as a witness in Court that Rivers State PDP are in crisis?
This joke loud o , AY suppose de come Nairaland come copy free jokes make he for funny

Ms202309:



1: Never make a Civil Servant a Political office holder

Tinubu made Ambode a Civil Servant a Governor and he regretted it

Wike made Fabura a civil servant a Governor and he will regret it

2: Keep your Political Protege and successor within your family because when you get outsiders power they use it against you

Bush family of Texas
Kennedy Family of America
Saraki Family of Ilorin






.

Kukutente23:

Saraki used power against his father
The US don't practice godfatherism like in Nigeria

Ms202309:


No wonder nobody wants to help your type in life

You guys don't understand tutelage, mentorships, sponsorship


All you care about is your own greed

ExudeLoveToAll:



Why say that? Is it because Ambode reduced the dues he needed to pay Tinubu just as Fubara is doing or it's because they are competent?

This is why the Nation can't grow, people advocate for those that will fleece the country forever without fighting for the people's interest. They call it loyalty to your Godfather who put you there

Most Nigerians are inherently corrupt, you are one of them.

freshkpomo:



So na to be slave you go take see helper, this boy na goat I swear.... You must be a Yoruba, because na only them lazy and think to lie down from new Benin to ringroad dey shout egbon, up chair go help their life... See my boy, if you are good ehn you don't need to market yourself. Na your good works go attract people to you. Showing gratitude to your helper or boss is different from been a total slave, better get Sense and stop such mentality if not your children too go still become houseboy and house girl.

birth100:
Rivers Crisis: We met constitutional requirements before defecting to APC, says pro-Wike Speaker

Rivers defection: PDP, LP kick as APC welcomes 27 lawmakers

‘We left our former party because President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is doing very‘ – Amaewhule

…Says Edison faction can’t form quorum

…We’ll Support Our 27 Members, Okocha





https://www.vanguardngr.com/2023/12/rivers-crisis-wet-constitutional-requirements-before-defecting-to-apc-amaewhule/

Ms202309:


The word Godfather comes from US Italian Family

Saraki is a dynasty, Bukola was a stray and he is back

ExudeLoveToAll:



Why say that? Is it because Ambode reduced the dues he needed to pay Tinubu just as Fubara is doing or it's because they are competent?

This is why the Nation can't grow, people advocate for those that will fleece the country forever without fighting for the people's interest. They call it loyalty to your Godfather who put you there

Most Nigerians are inherently corrupt, you are one of them.

adioolayi:
It's a long ride..and will be a legal battle.

I strongly feel the current speaker backed by the court lacks the powers to declare the seats of the defected lawmakers vacant.

I feel it's the court that should do that...PDP should have taken them to court, instead of using the speaker to declare their seats vacant.

Interesting legal battles ahead...it's possible the 27 lawmakers lose at the court..but, it will take almost 3 years for this legal battle to reach the Supreme Court...of which, they would have successfully completed their tenure and cause damage to Governor Fubara.

It's what it is.

Kukutente23:

US Italian family? You watched a movie and used to it make a judgement. Mafia families are popular in Italy especially the South. Godfather is simply an adaptation of a movie. It's not exactly real events.

Saraki Jnr decimated his father and even drove him out of PDP. He became the godfather in place of his father. Which other Saraki became gov apart from Bukola?
I hope you know Oloye was planning on making Gbemisola gov after Bukola

BondRiv:


Those opposed to the reasons stated by the lawmakers for their defection should approach the court for judicial interpretation. In the absence of that, they are still members of the assembly unless the court says otherwise. INEC is not going to conduct any fresh election because there is no judicial pronouncement to the effect that the seats are vacant. They remain lawmakers.

Appletek:


Exactly. Only the court can declare it vacant.

The court will declare action of Fubara's Speaker null and void. Wike's members will impeach Fubara and the court will uphold it.

It is the Federal High Court that will nail Fubara.

Kukutente23:

The speaker is empowered by the constitution to do that. The Cross River case was because the speaker also defected.

Tk4all:

Hahahahaha

On a serious note, those guys should have stay put and calculate well, i wonder the rush in decamping, it was too early na

Realtalk20:
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

We have seen defectors make more noise than this in the past and it always ends in tears 🤣🤣

Case in point my state , Edo state, H.E Governor Obaseki vs defectors loyal to Oshiomole. They made more noise than this, they went to all media house shouting and grunting like pigs ,but las las in all ended in tears. In Nigeria na sitting governor get power next to president in Nigeria.

Forget story

Biodun556:
Fubara going?


Wike is a PDP member he can serve as witness that Rivers PDP chapter is in crisis

Ms202309:


No wonder people like you never see helper in life and you remain stagnant

To you helpers in politics is slavery

Unreasonable kids

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

Ms202309:


No wonder nobody wants to help your type in life

You guys don't understand tutelage, mentorships, sponsorship


All you care about is your own greed

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

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..

adioolayi:


Which section of the constitution

Until a court of competent jurisdiction declares their seats vacant, that's when the Speaker can say going by the judgment of the court before him, their seats is declared vacant.

You can't just say it's written in the constitution, they still have to be tried and it's only the COURT that can pronounce their actions illegal and thereby declaring their seats vacant.

Legislatures make laws ....they don't intrepret the law. What if the court says their actions based in evidence before the court is constitutional

You see why a speaker can't declare that seat vacant

Jackiedemie:


Why the pdp didn't take them to court to get valid and sound judgement?

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

BondRiv:


Those opposed to the reasons stated by the lawmakers for their defection should approach the court for judicial interpretation. In the absence of that, they are still members of the assembly unless the court says otherwise. INEC is not going to conduct any fresh election because there is no judicial pronouncement to the effect that the seats are vacant. They remain lawmakers.