By Akinwale Kasali
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has sacked 20 members of the Cross River State House of Assembly for defecting from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the All Progressive Congress, APC.
In a judgement delivered by Justice Taiwo Taiwo on Monday, 21st March, 2022, it held that the lawmakers needed to vacate their seats since they had abandoned the party which brought them to power.
The judgement followed a suit filed by the PDP marked FHC/ABJ/CS/975/2021.
The case was filed in August 2021 by the PDP, the court however held that “The action of the 5th to the 25th Defendants is feeble and constitutes an attempt to pull a wool in the eyes of the court.
Their counter affidavit is manifestly defective” Justice Taiwo held.
Consequently, the court granted all the reliefs sought by the PDP, warning politicians to know that power belongs to the citizens.
The development is coming barely two weeks after Governor David Umahi, his deputy and 17 lawmakers of the Ebonyi State House of Assembly were sacked for defecting to the APC from PDP.
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