The Plateau House of Assembly Speaker, Hon. Gabriel Dewan, has finally sworn in nine out of the 16 members of the All Progressive Congress (APC) who were declared winners by the Appeal Court.

The new lawmakers were declared winners after the Court of Appeal sacked the 16 PDP members on the grounds that their party was not qualified to sponsor candidates in the election.

Earlier, the Speaker stated that he had received a court directive not to swear in the affected members until a determination of the suit filed by sacked PDP lawmakers who challenged the Appeal Court’s judgment.

Our correspondent reports that Speaker Dewan swore in the nine members at the Old Government House, where the House is temporarily conducting its legislative activities.


No reason was given as to why the remaining seven members were not sworn in by the house.

However, sources said the members were forced to resign before they were inaugurated, while the remaining seven had refused to resign.

The sources added that the new lawmakers were sworn in on the condition that they would resign, with the understanding that their resignation would be enforced if they acted contrary to the conditions set, resulting in their removal from office.

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Pdp is a very stupid party.anyways,let them keep bringing this type of monkey post tactics,APC are better at it.never will they smell aso rock again

However, sources said the members were forced to resign before they were inaugurated, while the remaining seven had refused to resign.

The sources added that the new lawmakers were sworn in on the condition that they would resign, with the understanding that their resignation would be enforced if they acted contrary to the conditions set, resulting in their removal from office.

What kind of nonsense is this? Is this how to practice democracy? If this is coming from an APC controlled state, loud mouths and holier than thou social media noisemakers would by now be making noise all over the media space. Serap would have gone to court and Rufai would be convulsing like an epileptic patient everyday on his useless show. But it's PDP so everyone is quiet.

TUANKU:

Dipstick ... you are not God na.

You can not misbehave and start crying to the lord na

garfield1:


You can not misbehave and start crying to the lord na

It is you who is crying and predicting future events with a God-like confidence. One APC state chairman said something similar only to join his creator months later instead of waiting to see the outcome of his prophesy.

garfield1:
Pdp is a very stupid party.anyways,let them keep bringing this type of monkey post tactics,APC are better at it.never will they smell aso rock again

I wander why the FG is not doing anything about this plateau house of assembly issue

seunmsg:


What kind of nonsense is this? Is this how to practice democracy? If this is coming from an APC controlled state, loud mouths and holier than thou social media noisemakers would by now be making noise all over the media space. Serap would have gone to court and Rufai would be convulsing like an epileptic patient everyday on his useless show. But it's PDP so everyone is quiet.

Plateau Affairs

Ikaeniyan0:
I wander why the FG is not doing anything about this plateau house of assembly issue

nothing they can do because the masses are with those they voted, even the impostors know that.

slivertongue:


nothing they can do because the masses are with those they voted, even the impostors know that.

If it's an APC state doing this, you guys will be wailing bitterly by now. If am in Tinubu's shoe, Plateau won't get #1 till the judgement of Appeal court is respected

Ikaeniyan0:
If it's an APC state doing this, you guys will be wailing bitterly by now. If am in Tinubu's shoe, Plateau won't get #1 till the judgement of Appeal court is respected

Tinubu is struggling with the center and cannot do what you recommended because there is a supreme Court ruling to that effect. APC did worse in the State so they are lucky PDP Plateau State ain't as moronic as they were

slivertongue:


Tinubu is struggling with the center and cannot do what you recommended because there is a supreme Court ruling to that effect. APC did worse in the State so they are lucky PDP Plateau State ain't as moronic as they were

Only Governors and President case get to the supreme court. National assembly case stop at the Court of Appeal.

Na those wey dey loyal to him he swear in so

This is what you get with a bastardized democracy.

The only reason this is happening is because the governor does not want to be impeached by his opponents
after the court's victory simply because he is from another party.

Some people here are shouting PDP, APC but there is no difference between
them when it comes to consolidating power at any cost. If the governor were to be of APC
stock, he will also do everything to avoid being impeached by incoming lawmakers.

When everybody lacks integrity, the system suffers for it.

He ought to have been arrested.

We kind agreement be this they don already resign before they enter one

Ok na.

garfield1:
Pdp is a very stupid party.anyways,let them keep bringing this type of monkey post tactics,APC are better at it.never will they smell aso rock again

Don’t cry on PDP, the speaker is YPP.

By the way, we have sworn in those who have accepted to defect after taking in oath of office.

If they keep their word and defect, that would bring about 17 lawmakers on the side of the governor.

We can then swear in the remaining 7 irritants (if we want) let them come and become noisemakers that will never achieve nothing.

You people think you know politics and that anything goes in your book?

Hold our beer 🍺, let’s play!

Plateau plate of wahala.
Na their plate of Stew

The 9 don give Kolanut

Penguin2:

Don’t cry on PDP, the speaker is YPP.

By the way, we have sworn in those who have accepted to defect after taking in oath of office.

If they keep their word and defect, that would bring about 17 lawmakers on the side of the governor.

We can then swear in the remaining 7 irritants (if we want) let them come and become noisemakers that will never achieve nothing.

You people think you know politics and that anything goes in your book?

Hold our beer 🍺, let’s play!

Good to see you say it's Politics Play Time...Oya na

Ikaeniyan0:
If it's an APC state doing this, you guys will be wailing bitterly by now. If am in Tinubu's shoe, Plateau won't get #1 till the judgement of Appeal court is respected

And which power u will rely upon to do that?.

If u re blaming the Gov that committing blunder against law of the land, and you are committing bigger blunder

Ikaeniyan0:
Only Governors and President case get to the supreme court. National assembly case stop at the Court of Appeal.

The court selected members have no social contract with the masses thus their carefulness least they provoke majority of the electorates. How can someone with less than 30% of the votes cast represent the people? The people marched to the state house assembly and opposed the swearing in of those they didn't elect. it's only a political solution that will save them.

Garfield has come with another lies.

Who would agree to resign before he's sworn in?

What kind of democracy is that?

No APC member would accept such when his Party is the ruling party. It's a lie from the pit of hell.

Just keep watching, the speaker would pay for this disobedience of Court judgement bcoz APC members would eventually gang up and throw him out bcoz they have the number and all arrears of their emoluments will be paid.

May God help us

slivertongue:



They have no social contract with the masses thus their caution. How can someone win less than 30% of votes cast and wants to represent the people. The people marched to the assembly and opposed it. it's only a political solution that will solve the problem.

Court has already solved the problem and the speaker will be punished for his misbehavior.

which appeal again when the appeal court has already given its verdict?its a mirage to believe the appeal court would reverse itself!