A faction of the Rivers State Home of Meeting loyal to Governor Siminalayi Fubara, has filed an attraction on the Supreme Court docket to problem the Thursday’s judgement of the Court docket of Attraction, on the destiny of 25 members of the Home, who dumped the Peoples Democratic Celebration (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Factional Speaker of the Home, Rt. Hon. Victor Oko-Jumbo, confirmed the event whereas addressing lawmakers throughout the plenary at a short lived facility used for legislative enterprise in Port Harcourt on Friday.
Oko-Jumbo clarified that the motion was necessitated by the truth that the Meeting “strongly believes that the Court docket of Attraction was in error when it held that the Rivers State Excessive Court docket lacked the Jurisdiction to listen to and decide SUIT NO. PHC/1512/CS/2024.”
He declared that he remained the genuine Speaker of the Home as a result of there can’t be two Homes of Meeting in Rivers State.
The factional Speaker reiterated that the seats of Rt. Hon. Martin Amaewhule and 24 different embattled lawmakers remained vacant as declared by the then speaker, Rt. Hon. Edison Ehie, on December 12, 2023, following their defection from the PDP to APC on the December 11, 2023 in contravention of extant legal guidelines.
He stated: “There can’t be two Homes of Meeting in Rivers State or certainly any State in Nigeria. This Home of Meeting, with me because the Speaker, is the one Home of Meeting in Rivers State.
“As the entire world is aware of, on the eleventh day of December, 2023, Martin Amaewhule and his 24 associates defected from the Peoples Democratic Celebration to the All Progressive Congress.
“On the thirteenth Day of December, 2023, Rt. Hon. Edison Ehie, because the Speaker of the Rivers State Home of Meeting, declared the seats of Martin Amaewhule and 24 others within the RSHA vacant. That declaration by Rt. Hon. Edison Ehie has not been put aside by any court docket in Nigeria.”
Oko-Jumbo defined that the authentic members of the Rivers State Home of Meeting secured a restraining order towards Martin Ameawhule and the 24 others once they continued to parade themselves as members of the Rivers State Home of Meeting regardless of their defection from the PDP to the APC and their seats consequently declared vacant.
He stated that as a result of they felt dissatisfied with the rulings of the Rivers State Excessive Court docket in Go well with No. PHC/1512/CS/2024, Amaewhule and 24 others had filed an Attraction No. CA/PH/198/2024 on the Court docket of Attraction, Port Harcourt Division.
The factional Speaker added: “Yesterday, the 4th of July, 2024, the Court docket of Attraction, in its lead Judgement, allowed the Attraction by Martin Ameawhule & 24 ORS on the bottom that the Rivers State Excessive Court docket lacked the jurisdiction to listen to and decide the case.
“Accordingly, the Court docket of Attraction struck out Go well with No. PHC/1512/CS/2024 and NOTHING MORE. The Court docket of Attraction didn’t make any declaration that Martin Amaewhule & 24 ORS didn’t defect from the PDP to APC.
“The Court docket of Attraction additionally didn’t make any declaration that Martin Amaewhule and 24 ORS are nonetheless members of the RSHA.
“We strongly consider that the Court docket of Attraction was in error when it held that the Rivers State Excessive Court docket lacked the jurisdiction to listen to and decide SUIT NO PHC/1512/CS/2024.
“Accordingly, we’ve instructed our legal professionals they usually have filed an attraction to the Supreme Court docket of Nigeria difficult the judgement of the Court docket of Attraction delivered on the 4th Day of July, 2024.
“Martin Amaewhule & 24 ORS, regardless of all their pretences, are not members of the Rivers State Home of Meeting, they usually stay so till a court docket of competent jurisdiction says in any other case.
“As soon as once more, we the authentic members of the RSHA HEREBY name on the Unbiased Nationwide Electoral Fee (INEC) to promptly conduct a bye-election to fill the vacant seats within the RSHA.
“We strongly urge most people to disregard Martin Amaewhule & 24 ORS of their pretence that they’re members of the RSHA.”
In the meantime, throughout the Friday’s plenary, the Home thought of two Payments, opened debate on them, and handed them by means of the primary studying stage.
The Payments included the Rivers State Emergency Administration Company Invoice, 2024 that was offered by the Chief of the Home, Hon. Sokari Goodboy, whereas the second was the Rivers State Transport Firm Reform Invoice, 2024, which was sponsored by the Deputy Speaker of the Home, Hon. Adolphus Orubienimigha.
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