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Re: Sacked Akwa Ibom Lawmakers Hold Plenary, Install New Speaker by chrisxxx(m): 9:04am On Nov 20, 2018
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Re: Sacked Akwa Ibom Lawmakers Hold Plenary, Install New Speaker by gratiaeo(m): 9:11am On Nov 20, 2018
Watch and see how buhari will protect them. Once you are APC member you are free to commit impunity with police and army support
Re: Sacked Akwa Ibom Lawmakers Hold Plenary, Install New Speaker by senatordave1(m): 9:15am On Nov 20, 2018
gratiaeo:
Watch and see how buhari will protect them. Once you are APC member you are free to commit impunity with police and army support
This is a sign that udom will be thrashed next year.before the speaker to declare the North seat of the apc lawmakers vacant,he must first declare that of the member of the that joined pdp last year for equity sake.
Re: Sacked Akwa Ibom Lawmakers Hold Plenary, Install New Speaker by Nobody: 9:16am On Nov 20, 2018
Those niggas were sack by the federal high court, Uyo. Speaker only carried out a court order. And the said court case was instituted by one of them(former hon ituen). The video is a comedy skit by the former house members. Maybe going forward comedy will be paying their bills.
Re: Sacked Akwa Ibom Lawmakers Hold Plenary, Install New Speaker by Nobody: 9:20am On Nov 20, 2018
senatordave1:
This is a sign that udom will be thrashed next year.before the speaker to declare the North seat of the apc lawmakers vacant,he must first declare that of the member of the that joined pdp last year for equity sake.
The court never ask the speaker to do that, infact, nobody instituted a case in 2017 case. Hon ituen personally went to court and reported himself and his colleagues. Stop blaming the speaker for your actions. Be responsible for once.
Re: Sacked Akwa Ibom Lawmakers Hold Plenary, Install New Speaker by igwefivestar(m): 9:36am On Nov 20, 2018
tinsel:
What evil did you bring upon yourself? The speaker just sacked 4 members because they decamped to another party. Is it proper? If proper Saraki amd co would have gone. The speaker invited trouble so he must face the trouble he invited.
are u new in politics? Is they any division in Akwa ibom state chapter of PDP?
Re: Sacked Akwa Ibom Lawmakers Hold Plenary, Install New Speaker by igwefivestar(m): 9:39am On Nov 20, 2018
BrainnewsNg:
Shutup!

So you think highly corrupt and brainless PDP is the way out?

Continue to be used and fooled..
shutup! U too, u deserve to shutup and I command u to shutup.
Re: Sacked Akwa Ibom Lawmakers Hold Plenary, Install New Speaker by tinsel: 9:44am On Nov 20, 2018
igwefivestar:
are u new in politics? Is they any division in Akwa ibom state chapter of PDP?
Any division in Apc?
Re: Sacked Akwa Ibom Lawmakers Hold Plenary, Install New Speaker by tinsel: 9:49am On Nov 20, 2018
Barrytone:
Those niggas were sack by the federal high court, Uyo. Speaker only carried out a court order. And the said court case was instituted by one of them(former hon ituen). The video is a comedy skit by the former house members. Maybe going forward comedy will be paying their bills.
Only one was removed by the court but i guess he appealed. The sins of the other four were they decamped to Apc.
Re: Sacked Akwa Ibom Lawmakers Hold Plenary, Install New Speaker by Nobody: 9:55am On Nov 20, 2018
tinsel:
Only one was removed by the court but i guess he appealed. The sins of the other four were they decamped to Apc.
That was the reason the court gave for Removing ituen and it applies to all that committed same crime at that particular time. The 2017 guy can hang to the fact that his party had issues as reason for decamping. Meanwhile, we can stop making it a beer parlour gist. Approach court of competent jurisdiction.
Re: Sacked Akwa Ibom Lawmakers Hold Plenary, Install New Speaker by Nobody: 9:57am On Nov 20, 2018
tinsel:
Any division in Apc?
There was then, udoedeghe was running a separate state ecco until this year
Re: Sacked Akwa Ibom Lawmakers Hold Plenary, Install New Speaker by megareal: 10:17am On Nov 20, 2018
Gandollar:
LMAO! Nse Ntuen is an Akpabio boy who owes everything he owns to Akpabio. Some of the fights of Akpabio he took up in past had all nearly cost him life. He should desist from pushing his luck any father.
You know na. Funny thing is Akpabio's blueprint is being implemented by these fools without recourse to rational thoughts. Their aim is to heat up the polity such that they can easily rig next year's elections.
Re: Sacked Akwa Ibom Lawmakers Hold Plenary, Install New Speaker by adisabarber(m): 10:39am On Nov 20, 2018
Peacecore:
During GEJ 17 was gr8a than 19(Nigeria govs forum election)
Was GEJ the chairman of governors forum?
Re: Sacked Akwa Ibom Lawmakers Hold Plenary, Install New Speaker by Oduwils222(m): 10:41am On Nov 20, 2018
kayusely70:
The rule of law must be allowed to prevail.
Onofiok is getting it wrong. Someone pls advice him.
Re: Sacked Akwa Ibom Lawmakers Hold Plenary, Install New Speaker by nelcliff(m): 11:00am On Nov 20, 2018
Fake news.. If you know you know
Re: Sacked Akwa Ibom Lawmakers Hold Plenary, Install New Speaker by adanny01(m): 11:20am On Nov 20, 2018
I agree with him, Nigeria has a minority Senate President.

The member who left APC to PDP is still sitting with the PDP members who are trying to sack those who moved to APC.

What the PDP and APC are doing in that state is recipe for violence. That state will unfortunately know no peace from now on. Especially for the fact that Akpabio wants senate president in 2019, he needs control of the state to achieve it.

Sometimes i try to say i am disappointed in APC but in the end, if one is fair, PDP has done worst and is capable of doing worst.
Re: Sacked Akwa Ibom Lawmakers Hold Plenary, Install New Speaker by Nobody: 11:44am On Nov 20, 2018
@senatedave1 d zombie,was it not ntuen dat approached d court? moreover our law only allow for defection if there is division in d party, stop behaving like a mad dog
Re: Sacked Akwa Ibom Lawmakers Hold Plenary, Install New Speaker by poiZon: 11:58am On Nov 20, 2018
tinsel:
What evil did you bring upon yourself? The speaker just sacked 4 members because they decamped to another party. Is it proper? If proper Saraki amd co would have gone. The speaker invited trouble so he must face the trouble he invited.
thespeaker didnt sack them, he acted according to the directives of the federal high court in which one of the affected member hon idon ituen.
dnt jump into conclusion as if u r in d state.
Re: Sacked Akwa Ibom Lawmakers Hold Plenary, Install New Speaker by mechanics(m): 12:09pm On Nov 20, 2018
This won't end now.
Re: Sacked Akwa Ibom Lawmakers Hold Plenary, Install New Speaker by Nobody: 1:28pm On Nov 20, 2018
AK ASSEMBLY CONDEMNS INVASION OF CHAMBERS BY FEW FORMER STATE LAWMAKERS

Press Statement By The Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly

As you are probably aware, there were unholy attempts today, Monday, 19th November to prevent honourable members of the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly from performing their official functions. Miscreants and hoodlums were recruited and transported to the Assembly premises to disrupt the sitting of honourable members of the Akwa Ibom state House of assembly. The hoodlums were suspected to be loyal to an ousted former member of the house and following his directives and command, the hoodlums attempted to invade the chambers of the assembly while members were holding a special commemorative sitting in honour of our revered former Governor, His Excellency, Arch. Obong Victor Attah.

The 6th assembly observes sadly, that leading those thugs was a former lawmaker, Hon Idongesit Ituen who represented Itu State Constituency and who should understand that laws are meant to be respected and that discontents can better be expressed through the court of law. We should be reminded that it was the said former member who took out an action in the Federal High Court to restrain the Rt. Hon. Speaker from declaring his seat vacant following his defection from the party that brought him to office to another party. His claim failed in court but the counter claim of the Speaker succeeded and the court ordered the Speaker to declare his seat vacant. As a lawyer, a law maker and a law abiding citizen, Mr Speaker accordingly gave effect to the court order. It is therefore preposterous that the same person who took out an action in court could resort to self help when the judgment of the court went against him. The honourable and civilised thing to do is to appeal against that judgment. For the avoidance of doubt such an appeal does not serve as a stay of execution same not being an election petition.

It is important to state that the decision of the house to declare vacant, seats of members who had defected to other parties, was in line with constitutional provisions as captured in Section 109 (1)g of the 1999 constitution as amended and given legal interpretation in decided cases including the very recent case of IDONGESIT ITUEN V. SPEAKER AKHA. In the specific case of Itu state constituency seat, the speaker merely followed an order of court which was served on him by the Federal High Court demanding the immediate declaration of that seat vacant.

Furthermore, we are informed that the former member of Essien Udim state constituency with two other ousted members unlawfully broke into the chambers after the close of plenary to announce himself the new Speaker of AKHA. This is clearly an illegality unbecoming of former honourable members. A close view of the video of their purported sitting that has now gone viral betrays their level of frustration and ignorance of parliamentary rules and conventions.

It is important to state that what happened today bears grave consequences for the sanctity of the house and the legislative arm of government which remains the undisputed symbol of our democracy. The absolute disregard for decency and the rule of law stands condemned by members of the 6th assembly and we will employ every legal means to ensure that decorum remains the guiding principle of the state legislature under the leadership of the Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Barr Onofiok Luke.

While we appreciate the efforts of the security agencies to contain the embarrassing situation of today, members of the Assembly are urging them to do more to remain on the side of the law as there are insinuations of the police lending tacit support to our former colleagues. The peace of the state can be better guaranteed by the nonpartisanship of the security agencies. We are happy that the Commissioner of Police Mr John Abang has assured of the safety of the state assembly and other institutions of government in the state.

Rt. Hon. Ime Okon
Chairman, Commitee on Information AKHA.
Re: Sacked Akwa Ibom Lawmakers Hold Plenary, Install New Speaker by igwefivestar(m): 1:50pm On Nov 20, 2018
tinsel:
Any division in Apc?
when Saraki and co defect they was rAPC
Re: Sacked Akwa Ibom Lawmakers Hold Plenary, Install New Speaker by Gandollar(f): 3:58pm On Nov 20, 2018
megareal:
You know na. Funny thing is Akpabio's blueprint is being implemented by these fools without recourse to rational thoughts. Their aim is to heat up the polity such that they can easily rig next year's elections.
Na the parade be that. But Akpabio is towing a dangerous path and the people will soon revolt against him.
Re: Sacked Akwa Ibom Lawmakers Hold Plenary, Install New Speaker by Charly68: 4:14pm On Nov 20, 2018
PDP will sack themselves from power,they are playing to Akpabio's master strategy ..create aura of. crisis and a state of emergency will be declared ..Military administrator will come in to supervise election for them..Keep jabbing and let's see how the drama will end
Re: Sacked Akwa Ibom Lawmakers Hold Plenary, Install New Speaker by braveboy64(m): 4:41pm On Nov 21, 2018
Gandollar:
Broda this fever worrying you is getting out of hand o
please avoid hard drugs
Re: Sacked Akwa Ibom Lawmakers Hold Plenary, Install New Speaker by SarkinYarki: 4:53pm On Nov 21, 2018
gratiaeo:
Watch and see how buhari will protect them. Once you are APC member you are free to commit impunity with police and army support
But Buhari changed the Police Commissioner just to effect this nonsense
Re: Sacked Akwa Ibom Lawmakers Hold Plenary, Install New Speaker by Gandollar(f): 12:25pm On Nov 22, 2018
braveboy64:
please avoid hard drugs
I don't do drugs sir
Re: Sacked Akwa Ibom Lawmakers Hold Plenary, Install New Speaker by candygist: 11:18pm On Nov 22, 2018
Inspectorsuga22:
We brought this evil to ourselves and I think 2019 is our only chance at cleansing...
APC is like a primary malignant brain tumor in d head of Nigeria dat must be removed by 2019 to ensure her survival..
When saraki did this you praised him , now it is against you , you are crying
Re: Sacked Akwa Ibom Lawmakers Hold Plenary, Install New Speaker by Inspectorsuga22(m): 11:47pm On Nov 22, 2018
candygist:
When saraki did this you praised him , now it is against you , you are crying
Shut up !!

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