PDP insists INEC must declare 27 Rivers lawmakers’ seats vacant

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday insisted that the 27 members of the Rivers State House of Assembly who defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) were no longer lawmakers in the state.

The PDP National Legal Adviser, Adeyemi Ajibade (SAN), told journalists shortly after Justice Donatus Okorowo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, extended the order restraining the party and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from taking action against the lawmakers.

He also adjourned the suit till January 24, 2024.