SACKED? See Supreme Court FINAL Judgement Over Fubara, 27 Lawmakers Who Defected To APC; Read EXPLOSIVE Details
The member representing the Andoni- Opobo/Nkoro federal constituency in Rivers State at the House of Representatives, Awaji- Inombek Abiante, has said 27 lawmakers from the state who defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) had become former members.
Naija News reports that Abiante made this known during an interview on Channels TV on Friday evening.
He said the Supreme Court’ s decision is evident on the issue, and the lawmakers have lost their seats, adding they decided to leave constitutional duties assigned to them.
He stated, ” Some members have decided to leave the constitutional duties assigned to them. The Supreme Court had made a decision on that, that if you leave the political party on the platform of which you were elected, when there is no division, you lose your seat.
” As it stands today, we had members who are former members of the House of Assembly. On their volition, they decided to leave and they are gone. They should be courageous enough to stand up to the choice they have made. ”
Speaking on the demolition of the Assembly complex on Wednesday, which some lawmakers had described as the height of recklessness, Abiante said there was no sinister motive behind it by the government of Governor Siminalayi Fubara.
Abiante said the immediate past governor of the state and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, currently at loggerheads with his successor, was aware that the Assembly complex had become defective.
