The 25 members of the Rivers State House of Assembly, led by the honourable Martin Amaewhule, have been ruled by a Rivers State High Court in Port Harcourt to remain PDP members.
The court dismissed a lawsuit on Monday that was submitted by Wosa Amadi and three other people, requesting that the 27 MPs’ seats be declared vacant as a result of their defection to the All Progressives Congress in December.
In the ruling, Justice Okogbule Gbasam determined that Martin Amaewhule and the other twenty-six parliamentarians remain PDP members.
Additionally, Gbasam declared that the claimants had not shown the court that the 27 MPs had actually switched to the APC, pointing out that there is no way to verify this claim based on newspaper articles, radio spots, or internet postings.
The court ruled that the only ways to prove a defection are through the party membership registry, a membership card, and the fulfilment of all party membership requirements by the involved individuals.
