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    Home » Rivers Crisis: State Govt Clarifies Appeal Court Ruling, Says Seats Of Amaewhule, 26 Others Remain Vacant
    2 Mins ReadOctober 11, 2024

    Rivers Crisis: State Govt Clarifies Appeal Court Ruling, Says Seats Of Amaewhule, 26 Others Remain Vacant

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    The Rivers State Government has clarified that the recent Court of Appeal judgment in Abuja did not reinstate the Martin Amaewhule-led faction of the State House of Assembly, dismissing claims that they remain members of the Assembly.

    In a statement issued on Thursday by the State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Israel Dagogo Iboroma, the government insisted that Amaewhule and 26 other lawmakers had automatically vacated their seats upon their defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) on December 11, 2023. According to Iboroma, this defection triggered Section 109(1)(g) of the 1999 Constitution, which mandates that lawmakers who switch political parties lose their seats.

    “The issue of defection of Martin Amaewhule and 26 others was never before the Federal High Court or the Court of Appeal. Therefore, no court has legitimized their membership of the House of Assembly following their defection,” Iboroma emphasized.

    The Attorney General further explained that the case at the Federal High Court and the subsequent appeal concerned the 2023 Appropriation Law and the National Assembly’s intervention in Rivers State’s legislative functions, not the status of the defected lawmakers.

    Following the dismissal of the state’s appeal regarding the 2023 Appropriation Law by the Court of Appeal, Iboroma criticized the misrepresentation of the ruling. “There is a wave of false reports suggesting that Amaewhule and the others remain in the Assembly with him as Speaker. This is patently untrue,” he stated.

    The Attorney General also announced that the state government would appeal the ruling to the Supreme Court and file an application for a stay of execution to maintain the current status quo.

    Governor Siminalayi Fubara, according to Iboroma, has urged the people of Rivers State to disregard any misleading reports regarding the court’s judgment and assured them that legal steps are being taken to resolve the matter.

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