A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has declared the seats of the 25 state lawmakers, who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) vacant pending the determination of a suit before it.
The court on Thursday ordered Rt. Hon. Martin Amaewhule, to stop parading himself as the Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly and barred the 24 lawmakers, who are all against the state governor, Siminalayi Fubara, from posing as lawmakers in the state.
Hon. Justice Charles Wali gave the order in Suit No PHC/1512/CS/2024, brought by Rt. Hon. Victor Oko Jumbo, Speaker, Rivers State House Of Assembly, Hon. Sokari Goodboy Sokari and Hon. Orubienimigha Adolphus Timothy, on the crises rocking the legislative arm of the state.
