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Court Dismisses LP’s Suit Against 27 Rivers Lawmakers Over Alleged Defection by InfoGuru118(op): 2:21pm On Apr 15, 2025

The Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has struck out a suit challenging the defection of 27 members of the Rivers State House of Assembly, TheDay Nigeria reports.

The case, instituted by the Labour Party, sought to have the lawmakers’ seats declared vacant over alleged defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

The presiding judge, Justice Emmanuel A. Obile, delivered the ruling on Tuesday.

Obile cited a recent Supreme Court decision, which he said had already addressed the issue of defection raised in the suit.

The judge held that he lacked the jurisdiction to adjudicate on a matter that had been conclusively determined by the apex court.

Martins Nwachukwu, an aide to Speaker Martins Amaewhule—one of the principal defendants in the matter, confirmed the court’s decision via a social media post.

Counsel for the defendants had urged the court to dismiss the suit, citing a recent Supreme Court judgment. They presented a Certified True Copy of the apex court’s decision, which the defendants said reaffirmed the leadership of the Assembly under Amaewhule and noted that Governor Siminalayi Fubara had withdrawn the allegations of defection in a separate case at the Federal High Court in Abuja.

Labour Party counsel, Clifford Chukwu, however, argued that the issue of defection remained a “collateral matter” and urged the court to proceed with the case, referencing the body of evidence already before it.

https://thisdaynigeria.news/2025/04/15/breaking-court-strikes-out-defection-suit-against-27-rivers-lawmakers/

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Re: Court Dismisses LP’s Suit Against 27 Rivers Lawmakers Over Alleged Defection by sammy44441(m): 2:32pm On Apr 15, 2025

The handiwork of the SOLE ADMINISTRATOR. Nawa ooo.

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Re: Court Dismisses LP’s Suit Against 27 Rivers Lawmakers Over Alleged Defection by richiemcgold: 2:41pm On Apr 15, 2025

LP thought they could reap from where they did not sow.

Gbajue people.

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Re: Court Dismisses LP’s Suit Against 27 Rivers Lawmakers Over Alleged Defection by lordm(m): 2:49pm On Apr 15, 2025

Case that Supreme Court has dismissed since

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Re: Court Dismisses LP’s Suit Against 27 Rivers Lawmakers Over Alleged Defection by Salewa97: 2:50pm On Apr 15, 2025

Labour Party don dey suffer from mental issues.

How will they file case against lawmakers defection when their own party is in shambles and have no seat in the house?

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Re: Court Dismisses LP’s Suit Against 27 Rivers Lawmakers Over Alleged Defection by Ringstonermasks: 2:50pm On Apr 15, 2025

compromised judiciary

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Re: Court Dismisses LP’s Suit Against 27 Rivers Lawmakers Over Alleged Defection by Ebuka78: 2:51pm On Apr 15, 2025

No one should quote those Bots

Just read and move on. Help them by not quoting them because you will make them popular.

Quoting them here is like teaching a goat how to read.

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Re: Court Dismisses LP’s Suit Against 27 Rivers Lawmakers Over Alleged Defection by Magnumproperty: 2:51pm On Apr 15, 2025

I don't understand..... Labour party carry lawmakers go court for Rivers State....

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Re: Court Dismisses LP’s Suit Against 27 Rivers Lawmakers Over Alleged Defection by Christ4ever: 2:51pm On Apr 15, 2025

sammy44441:
The handiwork of the SOLE ADMINISTRATOR. Nawa ooo.

This is common sense.

The last supreme Court rulings has capped whatever decision any other lower court would make.

No judge at either the State or Federal level would make any pronouncement that is at variance with the SC rulings.

That's how it works.

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Re: Court Dismisses LP’s Suit Against 27 Rivers Lawmakers Over Alleged Defection by FashionCookie(f): 2:51pm On Apr 15, 2025

Hmmm

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Re: Court Dismisses LP’s Suit Against 27 Rivers Lawmakers Over Alleged Defection by baralatie(m): 2:51pm On Apr 15, 2025

Already adjudicated by the apex court
Na wa o

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Re: Court Dismisses LP’s Suit Against 27 Rivers Lawmakers Over Alleged Defection by surgical: 2:51pm On Apr 15, 2025

The supreme court will one day cause a problem in the country that will be beyond them and will consume them
The supreme court overreach themselves by delving in to matters not before them in order to protect one party which are the defectors or wike camp
This same stupid decision of the supreme court or wike court is what aggravated the situation which eventually lead to the emergency rule in porthacourt
Same method of using the judiciary to outst justice onnoghen former cjn

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Re: Court Dismisses LP’s Suit Against 27 Rivers Lawmakers Over Alleged Defection by Magnumproperty: 2:52pm On Apr 15, 2025

Salewa97:
Labour Party don dey suffer from mental issues.

How will they file case against lawmakers defection when their own party is in shambles and have no seat in the house?

Like I don't understand oooooh. Wetin concern agbero with overload. cheesy

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Re: Court Dismisses LP’s Suit Against 27 Rivers Lawmakers Over Alleged Defection by ItisWell22(f): 2:52pm On Apr 15, 2025

Hmmm

Re: Court Dismisses LP’s Suit Against 27 Rivers Lawmakers Over Alleged Defection by VnAhunnaPl: 2:52pm On Apr 15, 2025

LP and their endless court cases

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Re: Court Dismisses LP’s Suit Against 27 Rivers Lawmakers Over Alleged Defection by baralatie(m): 2:52pm On Apr 15, 2025

Christ4ever:
This is common sense. The recent supreme Court rulings has pegged whatever decision any other lower court would make.

So it eeems

Re: Court Dismisses LP’s Suit Against 27 Rivers Lawmakers Over Alleged Defection by chopnaira: 2:52pm On Apr 15, 2025

Congrats to them.

But what concerns LP with the issue of PDP and APC.

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Re: Court Dismisses LP’s Suit Against 27 Rivers Lawmakers Over Alleged Defection by Philipponzaghi: 2:53pm On Apr 15, 2025

LP should stop wasting their little money on frivolous court cases. They are just wasting their time and money

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Re: Court Dismisses LP’s Suit Against 27 Rivers Lawmakers Over Alleged Defection by ddippset(m): 2:53pm On Apr 15, 2025

The Supreme Court made a judgement on a matter that was never brought before them in Appeal.

Then they proceeded to talk about how there was no defection because there was never a house of Assembly..(that's the one and only reason they gave for judging there was no defection.)

Such triviality!
Same manner a Country's Senate would treat a case of Suspending an elected Governor by using a voice vote to determine 2/3rds approval.

Is Nigeria really not a joke??

The same Assembly that were sitting at a section of the assembly complex and passed over 20 bills, a few of which they attempted to rely on to impeach Fubara.

Any way the Supreme Court has always said we must obey them because they are the final.
Not because they are not fallible.

Surely they are fallible,, and there are many circumstances that make them fallible,,,,

In some cases they are genuinely fallible, in other cases they are "willingly" fallible.

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Re: Court Dismisses LP’s Suit Against 27 Rivers Lawmakers Over Alleged Defection by TimeManager(m): 2:53pm On Apr 15, 2025

If any of these online lawyers had sense, they would have made lots of money from Fubara vs Wike matter. The way they deceived Fubara and his online supporters is epic.

-Kiss the truth!

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Re: Court Dismisses LP’s Suit Against 27 Rivers Lawmakers Over Alleged Defection by Judolisco(m): 2:53pm On Apr 15, 2025

Wetin LP dey find

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Re: Court Dismisses LP’s Suit Against 27 Rivers Lawmakers Over Alleged Defection by EmperorIsaac(m): 2:55pm On Apr 15, 2025

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Re: Court Dismisses LP’s Suit Against 27 Rivers Lawmakers Over Alleged Defection by Bluntemperor: 2:56pm On Apr 15, 2025

Salewa97:
Labour Party don dey suffer from mental issues.

How will they file case against lawmakers defection when their own party is in shambles and have no seat in the house?

They No de Mind their Own Problems, even until now,they can't render the Audited Accounts of A Single Party - the Labour Party and they daydreaming that they want Nigeria!
tuee!

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Re: Court Dismisses LP’s Suit Against 27 Rivers Lawmakers Over Alleged Defection by Ironbull: 2:57pm On Apr 15, 2025

Pls wait, the 27 lawmakers are they LP member or what kind of madness is this?

Pls why is it that God just deliberately laid this horrible curse of busy body and waka about on LP? No wonder obi-diot is walking from pillar to post like a mentally challenge man.

The Lawmakers are they your party members? Wetin concern LP with these lawmakers biko huh

Who LP offended? This is serious curse I swear.

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Re: Court Dismisses LP’s Suit Against 27 Rivers Lawmakers Over Alleged Defection by Kam2021: 2:57pm On Apr 15, 2025

NBA...300 million
How much these lawyers come chop for Fubara head for almost two years now?
If it didn't dey,it didn't dey.How can you be sitting on billions and resources and couldn't win one case?
If PDP had made that silly mistake of giving party leader or party structure, that would have been their end in that state.

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Re: Court Dismisses LP’s Suit Against 27 Rivers Lawmakers Over Alleged Defection by anonimi: 2:57pm On Apr 15, 2025

InfoGuru118:
https://thisdaynigeria.news/2025/04/15/breaking-court-strikes-out-defection-suit-against-27-rivers-lawmakers/

What happened to ORAL video evidence in court cases?

Destroyed by APC like they have destroyed everything about our country huh

Is there anything that APC can't destroy, from Borno to Lagos in 26 years and in Abuja federal since 2015?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBjN4AtP5L8?si=Ntbaa4XihZBtKzF_

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