Rivers govt refutes judgment declaring lawmakers loyal to Wike as PDP members

The Rivers state administration has described the news that a state High Court in Port Harcourt ruled that the 27 lawmakers led by Speaker Martins Amaewhule are members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as misleading and incorrect.

Dagogo Israel Iboroma, the state’s Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, stated that the suit filed in court did not attempt to declare Amaewhule and 26 others’ seats empty.

He said: “As Hon. Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice and 3rd defendant in SUIT NO DHC/20/CS/2024, my attention has been drawn to a recent judgment. This suit did not seek to declare the seat of Martins Amaewhule and 26 others in the Rivers State House of Assembly vacant.

“The suit of the claimants was struck out for want of locus standi and jurisdiction and also for being an abuse of court process which robbed the trial court of jurisdiction to adjudicate on the matter.

“There is misleading news circulating in social media, print and electronic media that Martins Amaewhule & 26 others are members of the Peoples Democratic Party and the Rivers State House of Assembly.”

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