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Supreme Court delivers judgement on defection of 27 Rivers lawmakers

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28 February 2025   |   10:09 am

The Supreme Court is set to deliver judgement on the defection of 27 members of the Rivers State House of Assembly. The Supreme Court initially reserved judgement in the five appeals bordering on the crisis rocking the Rivers State House of Assembly. Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara is challenging the legality of the assembly led…

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The Supreme Court is set to deliver judgement on the defection of 27 members of the Rivers State House of Assembly.

The Supreme Court initially reserved judgement in the five appeals bordering on the crisis rocking the Rivers State House of Assembly.

Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara is challenging the legality of the assembly led by speaker Martin Amaewhule.

The Supreme Court led by Justice Uwani Abba-Aji had at the last sitting dismissed the appeal filed by Fubara, challenging the legality of re-presenting the 2024 budget of the state before the leadership of the state House of Assembly led by Amaewhule as the Speaker.

The dismissal occurred after Fubara’s lawyer, Yusuf Ali, withdrew the suit, stating that the appeal had become irrelevant.

Fubara claimed that Amaewhule and 26 other lawmakers defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) where they were elected and should cease to be lawmakers.

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