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Re: Rivers Crisis: High Court Affirms Amaewhule, 26 Others As PDP Members by chrisxxx(m): 8:15pm On Jun 10, 2024
Peacecore:
Fubara as an individual lacks d jurisdiction to take d lawmakers to court on issue of defection. Only pdp which sponsored them has.
Bros you get sense. Just see my comment regarding this above.
Re: Rivers Crisis: High Court Affirms Amaewhule, 26 Others As PDP Members by Babangidapikin: 8:18pm On Jun 10, 2024
senatordave1:
Oga,the court will always admit any evidence.admittsnce is different from using them or establishing an offence.they may admit for formality sake
k
Well the high court can say whatever they want and dance to any tune. .We will wait till it get to the Supreme Court...
Re: Rivers Crisis: High Court Affirms Amaewhule, 26 Others As PDP Members by Peacecore: 8:33pm On Jun 10, 2024
jidamsel43:
There is an existing High Court injunction that declared their seats vacant, only an appeal court verdict of competente jurisdiction can overrule the existing judgement
The functionality of an injunction ends after proclamation of judgement. Only appeal injunction will subside this judgement.
Re: Rivers Crisis: High Court Affirms Amaewhule, 26 Others As PDP Members by DMerciful(m): 8:36pm On Jun 10, 2024
How can the judge say video evidence is not enough?
Peacecore:
So you want the judge to act out of sentiment n hearsay instead of evidence?
Re: Rivers Crisis: High Court Affirms Amaewhule, 26 Others As PDP Members by Peacecore: 8:51pm On Jun 10, 2024
phantom:
TEXT OF PRESS BRIEFING BY DAGOGO IBOROMA, SAN, RIVERS STATE ATTORNEY-GENERAL AND COMMISSIONER FOR JUSTICE ON MONDAY, JUNE 10, 2024*

Gentlemen of the Press

• As Hon. Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice and 3rd defendant in SUIT NO DHC/20/CS/2024, my attention has been drawn to a recent judgment. This suit did not seek to declare the seat of Martins Amaewhule and 26 others in Rivers State House of Assembly vacant.

• The suit of the claimants was struck out for want of locus standi and jurisdiction and also for being an abuse of court process which robbed the trial court of jurisdiction to adjudicate on the matter.

• There is misleading news circulating in social media, print and electronic media that Martins Amaewhule & 26 others are members of the Peoples Democratic Party and the Rivers State House of Assembly.

• As you all know, Martins Amaewhule and 26 others defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress on the 11th Day of December, 2023 and stated that much in affidavit evidence deposed to by Martins Amaewhule for himself and on behalf of 26 others in Suit No. FHC/ABJ/1681/CS/2023 before Hon. Justice Donatus Okorowo of the Federal High Court, Abuja Division. The Suit is still pending in court.

• By section 272(3) of the 1999 Constitution as amended, it is only the Federal High Court that can determine whether Martins Amaewhule and 26 others are still members of Peoples Democratic Party and also members of the Rivers State House of Assembly. This much was held by the trial court.

However, you will recall that these is a subsisting order of interlocutory injunction in Suit No.
PHC/512/CS/2024 restraining Martins Amaewhule and his co-travelers from further parading or presenting themselves as law makers in Rivers State pending the determination of the substantive suit, which has not been appealed against till date.

• We urge the public to disregard the news presently making rounds in social, print and electronic media to the effect that Martins Amaewhule and 26 others have been declared as members of the Peoples Democratic Party and the Rivers State House of Assembly.
Was what we read on the news not the position of the judges? That's what I want you to answer before I comment.
Re: Rivers Crisis: High Court Affirms Amaewhule, 26 Others As PDP Members by Peacecore: 8:56pm On Jun 10, 2024
tishbite43:
I ve noted your moniker
Let's pray for life and good health
You'll see that Rivers pple aren't docile like the Yorubas and you can take this to the bank
So d people supporting Woke in Rivers are from Badagry? angry
Re: Rivers Crisis: High Court Affirms Amaewhule, 26 Others As PDP Members by senatordave1(m): 9:00pm On Jun 10, 2024
Babangidapikin:
k
Well the high court can say whatever they want and dance to any tune. .We will wait till it get to the Supreme Court...
From my experience in the courts,the appeal court will remain
Re: Rivers Crisis: High Court Affirms Amaewhule, 26 Others As PDP Members by Peacecore: 9:03pm On Jun 10, 2024
DMerciful:
How can the judge say video evidence is not enough?
You can go the national TV tomorrow n say that INEC has withdrawn d certificate of return n gave it to whosoever you like but is that an evidence enough to start calling the person d new president? Do you know whether those guys had told d court that they were acting movies?
Re: Rivers Crisis: High Court Affirms Amaewhule, 26 Others As PDP Members by Peacecore: 9:04pm On Jun 10, 2024
chrisxxx:
Bros you get sense. Just see my comment regarding this above.
My brother I don't know how they reason or where they get their own knowledge.
Re: Rivers Crisis: High Court Affirms Amaewhule, 26 Others As PDP Members by Peacecore: 9:09pm On Jun 10, 2024
phantom:
But there is evidence of an affidavit to that effect by Amaewhule and co., is that not enough?
You have been mentioning this affidavit. Do you really know what an affidavit is?
Re: Rivers Crisis: High Court Affirms Amaewhule, 26 Others As PDP Members by Peacecore: 9:12pm On Jun 10, 2024
Noneroone:
who told you all these. They will eventually continue their case with pending injunction against them in the Rivers state high court in Portharcourt. You can't run to a court of equal jurisdiction to duplicate suit when you are bound by a subsisting order.
Who is this one? grin
Re: Rivers Crisis: High Court Affirms Amaewhule, 26 Others As PDP Members by Peacecore: 9:16pm On Jun 10, 2024
ceevictor:
People comot announce say them don comot for pdp enter APC, court comes say Dem be pdphuh? Bros how? Nigeria has gone to the Dogs
Oga pdp talk am say Dem no comot. No dey try to dey paint d judge black.
Re: Rivers Crisis: High Court Affirms Amaewhule, 26 Others As PDP Members by Lovit(m): 9:21pm On Jun 10, 2024
Lawyers wey go enter heaven, dem no go reach 2 worldwide

Fubara and PDP should appeal this case
Re: Rivers Crisis: High Court Affirms Amaewhule, 26 Others As PDP Members by DMerciful(m): 9:27pm On Jun 10, 2024
If PDP members do a press conference and say they've decamped to APC by themselves.
Thats enough evidence, afterall nobody forced them.

The judge is asking if their names are in the party register, does it mean they can't delete their names because they're now facing the declaration of their seats vacant?

The video evidence of them saying they've moved to APC is enough
Peacecore:
You can go the national TV tomorrow n say that INEC has withdrawn d certificate of return n gave it to whosoever you like but is that an evidence enough to start calling the person d new president? Do you know whether those guys had told d court that they were acting movies?
Re: Rivers Crisis: High Court Affirms Amaewhule, 26 Others As PDP Members by Peacecore: 9:30pm On Jun 10, 2024
DMerciful:
If PDP members do a press conference and say they've decamped to APC by themselves.
Thats enough evidence, afterall nobody forced them.

The judge is asking if their names are in the party register, does it mean they can't delete their names because they're not facing the declaration of their seats vacant?

The video evidence of them saying they've moved to APC is enough
Use common sense n see the credibility of this case bro. I don't know what else to say
Re: Rivers Crisis: High Court Affirms Amaewhule, 26 Others As PDP Members by Peacecore: 9:32pm On Jun 10, 2024
Lovit:
Lawyers wey go enter heaven, dem no go reach 2 worldwide

Fubara and PDP should appeal this case
Why u dey mention pdp for dis case? Dem complain give you? Ahh
Re: Rivers Crisis: High Court Affirms Amaewhule, 26 Others As PDP Members by DMerciful(m): 9:35pm On Jun 10, 2024
You don't have anything to say because you wanna side with the compromised judiciary.

In abroad like the US, even the testimony of a 12yrs old will nail you if he is a witness to a crime. Video evidence will nail you but if you come to Nigeria, they'd say video is not enough.

We are saw when INEC said BVAS and
IREV are compulsory but at the election petition, the justices said the video is not enough that INEC can use any method they like.

Nigerians don't want Nigeria to work
Peacecore:
Use common sense n see the credibility of this case bro. I don't know what else to say
Re: Rivers Crisis: High Court Affirms Amaewhule, 26 Others As PDP Members by PortHarcourtcit(m): 12:41am On Jun 11, 2024
Peacecore:
Fubara as an individual lacks d jurisdiction to take d lawmakers to court on issue of defection. Only pdp which sponsored them has.
oil dey your head...
Re: Rivers Crisis: High Court Affirms Amaewhule, 26 Others As PDP Members by Peacecore: 7:30am On Jun 11, 2024
DMerciful:
You don't have anything to say because you wanna side with the compromised judiciary.

In abroad like the US, even the testimony of a 12yrs old will nail you if he is a witness to a crime. Video evidence will nail you but if you come to Nigeria, they'd say video is not enough.

We are saw when INEC said BVAS and
IREV are compulsory but at the election petition, the justices said the video is not enough that INEC can use any method they like.

Nigerians don't want Nigeria to work
What's defection? What are the procedures? What happens after defection as regards to the two political parties? These are the questions you need to ask yourself. It's different from a case of a witness saying he sawing the man releasing the gun shot. Know this n know peace. It mustn't favour you all the time.
Re: Rivers Crisis: High Court Affirms Amaewhule, 26 Others As PDP Members by DMerciful(m): 7:54am On Jun 11, 2024
Nigerians do not want Nigeria to work
Peacecore:
What's defection? What are the procedures? What happens after defection as regards to the two political parties? These are the questions you need to ask yourself. It's different from a case of a witness saying he sawing the man releasing the gun shot. Know this n know peace. It mustn't favour you all the time.
Re: Rivers Crisis: High Court Affirms Amaewhule, 26 Others As PDP Members by EngrKemp: 7:54am On Jun 11, 2024
Peacecore:
Use common sense n see the credibility of this case bro. I don't know what else to say
U r talking nonsense and u do not know nor understand what credibility means
Re: Rivers Crisis: High Court Affirms Amaewhule, 26 Others As PDP Members by EngrKemp: 8:25am On Jun 11, 2024
Already they v lost their seats as a result of their actions .
.
Any body can be PDP members


But not all pdp menbers are law makers ..

They v lost their seats period.

They v Joined apc period.




Wike is infactile .
Baby politicians
Re: Rivers Crisis: High Court Affirms Amaewhule, 26 Others As PDP Members by phantom(m): 6:21pm On Jun 11, 2024
That's the so called judgement..

Re: Rivers Crisis: High Court Affirms Amaewhule, 26 Others As PDP Members by Peacecore: 7:54pm On Jun 11, 2024
EngrKemp:
U r talking nonsense and u do not know nor understand what credibility means
You'll still criticise the judgement till supreme Court as if you're a lawyer.
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