You Have Misplaced Your Seats In Rivers Meeting, NASS Caucus Tells Professional-Wike Lawmakers

The Rivers State Caucus within the Nationwide Meeting has reminded the Rt. Hon. Martins Amaewhule and 26 different members of the State Home of Meeting that they’ve misplaced their seats after defecting from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Addressing journalists in Port Harcourt on Monday, chief of the Caucus, Hon. Awaji-Inombek D. Abiante, additionally reminded the embattled 27 lawmakers loyal to the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, that the judgement of a Federal Excessive Courtroom, presided over by Hon. Justice Omotosho, had nothing to do with their defection to the APC.

Abiante accused some members of the Rivers State Caucus within the Nationwide Meeting, who addressed journalists just lately, of trying to mislead members of the general public.

He mentioned: “Our consideration was just lately drawn to a go to in addition to a Press Convention by some Rivers State Nationwide Meeting members in sympathy with former Speaker of Rivers State Home of Meeting, Rt. Hon. Martin Amaewhule and his group-committee of former lawmakers.

“On the press convention, the group claimed “to place a cease to the falsehood and misrepresentation of details on the judgments of courts because it impacts the Rivers State Home of Meeting and the Governor of Rivers State.

“Nevertheless, opposite to the false declare by the group, the reality of the matter is that the target of the Press Convention was to mislead the general public on the true state of affairs in Rivers State. It thus turns into obligatory on our half to set the information straight and put the general public in correct perspective, as a result of lies unrebutted quickly overtakes the reality. Apart from, as Mark Twain as soon as mentioned, “A lie can journey midway world wide whereas the reality is placing on its sneakers.

“To set the information straight, the true place relating to applicability of the judgment of His Lordship, Hon Justice Omotosho within the case Rivers State Home of Meeting versus the Nationwide Meeting of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (SUIT NO: FHC/ABJ/CS/1613/
2023), is as follows:

“The judgment of Hon Justice Omotosho doesn’t contact on the standing of Rt Hor Martin Amaewhule and his group of 27 as former members of the Rivers State Home of Meeting;

“Rt Hon Martin Amaewhule and 26 others had misplaced their seats within the Rivers State Home of Meeting following their voluntary defection/cross-carpeting which occurred on the ground of the Home of Meeting within the full glare of the general public on eleventh December 2023.

“The authorized impact of those provisions and the Supreme Courtroom judgments is that, as of eleventh December, 2023 when Rt. Hon. Martin Amaewhule learn out the letters of defection of himself and 26 others on the ground of the Rivers State Home of Meeting, they misplaced their seats and mechanically and mandatorily turned former members of the Home.

“The one authorized implication of the above is that, Hon Martins Amaewhule and his group of 27, stay former members of the Rivers State Home of Meeting, and accordingly are now not entitled to parade themselves as members of the Home or to partake in any enterprise or affair of the Home.

“It’s worthy to notice that neither the very fact of their defection nor any subject referring to their defection nor on their standing as former lawmakers of the Rivers State Home of Meeting was raised, submitted or mentioned within the proceedings resulting in the 22 January 2024 judgment of Hon Justice Omotosho.”