Again, Federal High Court Sacks Ebonyi Lawmakers over unlawful defection from PDP to APC

Again, Federal High Court Sacks Ebonyi Lawmakers over unlawful defection from PDP to APC

A Federal High Court in Abuja has sacked Lawmakers in Ebonyi State on account of their unlawful defection from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

The court declared their defection unlawful, unconstitutional, null and void and ordered them to immediately vacate their offices.

Justice Inyang Ekwo in a separate judgment in a suit by the People’s Democratic Party PDP on Tuesday ordered the Speaker of the House of Assembly and his co-defectors to immediately stop holding themselves out as members of Ebonyi State House of Assembly.

The Judge held that the votes that brought them to office belonged to the People’s Democratic Party PDP and that the legislators cannot hold on to the votes having elected to defect from the party that nominated them.

Justice Ekwo also held that the votes cast for PDP in the 2019 election are not transferrable to the APC that failed in the election.

The restrained INEC from recognizing or according any recognition to them as elected members of the House of Assembly.

Justice Ekwo ordered that all monies collected from the top period of their defection to the judgment date must be recovered from them.

By PRNigeria