A federal high court in Abuja has sacked 20 members of the Cross River state house of assembly who defected from the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, to the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC.
The court, on Monday, in a judgment that was delivered by Justice Taiwo Taiwo, held that the lawmakers, having abandoned the political party that sponsored them to power, ought to vacate their seats.
The judgment followed a suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/975/2021, which was filed by the PDP.
- Former Ganduje’s Media aide, Salihu Tanko Yakasai dumps APC
- EXCLUSIVE: How POS operators end up in jail – AMMON National President
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had earlier instituted a suit against the lawmakers over their defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Justice Taiwo in a judgment, dismissed the defence argument that the PDP (plaintiff) had no locus standi (legal rights) to institute the case.
Taiwo ruled that the argument of the lawmakers that there was rancour in the PDP which necessitated their defection to APC was a ploy to mislead the court.
The judge, who granted all the reliefs sought by the PDP, held that it was disheartening that politicians in the country treat citizens as if they do not matter once they get into office.
According to him, we cannot continue in sin and expect grace to abound. (Punch)
