The Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Edison Ehie, has declared the seats of 27 lawmakers that defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) vacant.
TheHintsNews reports that Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Tuesday, confirmed Governor Siminalayi Fubara’s ally, Ehie, as authentic Speaker of the House of Assembly.
The decision was the latest twist in the continuing saga of wrangling and bitterness in the state between Fubara and his erstwhile political godfather, and current Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike.
Prior to the judgment, the 27 lawmakers loyal to Wike on Tuesday defected to the APC as part of the grand plot to impeach Fubara.
However, the Speaker on Wednesday declared the seats of the lawmakers who decfrom vacant in line with Section 109 (1) (g) and 2 of the constitution of the federal republic of Nigeria 1999 as amended.
