ABUJA – Action People’s Party (APP) has vowed to appeal the judgement of the federal High Court declaring the decampment of 27 sacked Rivers State lawmakers as a pre-election issue.
The Federal High Court in Abuja, Friday dismissed a defection suit instituted by APP against the 27 former members of the Rivers State House of Assembly.
The party in a statement by its National Chairman, Barr. Uche Nnadi rejected the ruling, insisting that the former lawmakers remain sacked until a Higher Court rule otherwise.
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He stated that the court ruling is against the constitution, noting however that if the court says that the matter is a pre-election issue then, how can someone who’s yet to win election as a Lawmaker defect when he has not been elected.
Nnadi added that the party is already filing an appeal, and that Oko Jumbo remains the Speaker of Rivers State House of Assembly.
He said, “So decampment is now a pre-election matter? That’s not what the constitution says. On the abuse of court process, the pending cases in that Federal High Court before Justice Omotosho was on trying to stop the National Assembly from taking over the functions of Rivers State House of Assembly.
“No court has declared that the illegal decampment of the sacked lawmakers is valid. They can’t come through the back door. The matter is being appealed. And going by subsisting judgements of the courts, Oko Jumbo remains speaker of Rivers State House of Assembly.”
