Defection suit: I didn’t decamp from PDP, Akpabio begs court to suspend judgment

ABUJA – Former Minority Leader of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, on Monday, persuaded the court to suspend its judgment on a suit seeking to declare vacant, seats of 54 federal lawmakers that decamped from their respective political parties prior to the 2019 general election.

Akpabio who is one of the lawmakers affected by the suit, through his lawyer, Mr. S. I. Ameh, SAN, contended that he was not served with the court processes before the matter was fixed for judgement.



He prayed the court to allow him to respond to the suit that was filed by an advocacy group under the aegis of Legal Defence and Assistance Project, LEDAP.

The Plaintiff had among other things, prayed the court to order the affected lawmakers to refund all salaries and emoluments they received after they dumped political parties that sponsored their election.

Among those the Plaintiff is asking the court to declare their seats vacant, include the...

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Of their is a division in the party, I think they are liable to switch to a preferred party.

Its has been going on from get go, only if the constitution is amended can the status quo change.

They all moved cause we had NPDP, they likewise moved cause we had RAPC.. same shit, different days.

Naija politics na wa

how will the court declare their seat vacant when it happened in 2015 and nothing happened. ..besides, I thought cross carpeting is allowed in our constitution. ....shebi na pa Awo brought this cross carpeting thing into Nigerian politics.....what a country, what a constitution!