A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has adjourned till January 21, 2025, to rule on applications in a suit filed by the Labour Party (LP), seeking that the seats of the 27 members of the State House of Assembly who allegedly defected from their Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) be declared vacant.
In the case filed by the Labour Party and registered in Suit number FHC/PH/25/2024, the Labour Party is also seeking the court to determine whether the alleged defection of the 27 lawmakers was proper.
