{"id":303237,"date":"2023-12-28T18:59:46","date_gmt":"2023-12-28T17:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=303237"},"modified":"2023-12-28T18:59:46","modified_gmt":"2023-12-28T17:59:46","slug":"rivers-seats-of-26-lawmakers-who-joined-apc-remain-vacant-pdp-insists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/12\/28\/rivers-seats-of-26-lawmakers-who-joined-apc-remain-vacant-pdp-insists\/","title":{"rendered":"Rivers: Seats of 26 lawmakers who joined APC remain vacant, PDP insists"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Ajibade said while the intervention of President Bola Tinubu in the dispute between Governor Siminalayi Fubara and the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike is appreciated, it cannot stand in the way of constitutional provisions about defection<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has maintained that the seats of 26 Rivers House of Assembly lawmakers who dumped the party for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/12\/28\/apc-deliberately-impoverishing-nigerians-lacks-empathy-adebutu\/\">All Progressives Congress, APC,<\/a> remain vacant.<\/p>\n<p>The PDP National Legal Adviser, Adeyemi Ajibade (SAN), said the defecting lawmakers are no longer members of the state legislature.<\/p>\n<p>Ajibade said this while addressing newsmen shortly after Justice Donatus Okorowo of a Federal High Court, Abuja, adjourned the embattled lawmakers\u2019 suit until January 24, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Ajibade said while the intervention of President Bola Tinubu in the dispute between Governor Siminalayi Fubara and the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike is appreciated, it cannot stand in the way of constitutional provisions about defection.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cPDP as a party; we are standing on the side of the constitution of the country. It is not about issues of an agreement but by the Constitution, we all sworn to uphold.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe governor himself swore to uphold the constitution likewise the President.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am not against the president calling for the resolution of the matter. He is the chief security officer of this country and he has every right to intervene in the issue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut besides that, we, as a political party; the PDP owns those seats and certainly we are interested in those seats.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhatever the governor is doing in this matter, no resolution has been brought to Wadata Plaza on this matter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, as a political party, we cannot leave the seats and the votes willingly given to the party by people of Rivers State.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the senior lawyer, aside from that, the constitution of the country is very clear; Section 109 (1g) is clear as to issues of detection.<\/p>\n<p>He said the affected lawmakers had not denied that they defected.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven if you pick the writ of summon that was filed before this court, they said they actually defected.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo they are only stating while they defected; that they have the right to defect based on the reasons given by them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo it is not an issue as to whether there was a defection or not. 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