The Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has set August 21 as the date to deliver a ruling on the legal representation of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in a suit filed by the BOOT Party against Martin Amaewhule and 24 other lawmakers who defected from the PDP to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The defecting lawmakers, loyal to former Governor Nyesom Wike, have been embroiled in a political tussle with Governor Siminalayi Fubara over control of the state’s political structure.
The BOOT Party’s suit challenges the legitimacy of Amaewhule and his colleagues to remain in the State Assembly after defecting from the PDP.
