The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has declared that there is no remedy for “the 25 former members of the Rivers State House of Assembly who by virtue of Section 109 (1)(g) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended) vacated and lost their seats by reason of defection from the PDP, the Party platform upon which they were elected into the House of Assembly.”
Addressing a press conference in Abuja on Tuesday in response to the alleged agreement reached between Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his predecessor, Nyesom Wike after a meeting with President Bola Tinubu on Monday, Amb. Umar Iliya Damagum, the Acting National Chairman maintained that the assembly members who have left the party can no longer be lawmakers.
