Federal Court Sacks 15 Ebonyi Lawmakers

By Adesina Soyooye

In one fell swoop, 15 Ebonyi State Lawmakers have been  sacked by an Abuja Federal High Court.

The Lawmakers, including, the Speaker, were sacked by the courageous Honourable Justice Inyang Ekwo.

By their sack, they share the same fate as the Governor of the State, Dave Umahi, and his Deputy, Kelechi Igwe, both of whom were sacked earlier in the day  by Ekwo.

The Honourable Judge declared their seats vacant for abandoning the Party under which they were elected into office for another party.

They had followed Umahi to defect from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,  to the All Progressives Congress, APC.

In the landmark judgment, Ekwo on Tuesday, February 8, restrained them from further parading themselves as Lawmakers.

He held that having abandoned the Party under which they were elected, they are no longer legal occupiers of the seat.

The meaning is that in Ebonyi State, the three first citizens of the State have been sacked – on same day, by same Court.