Peoples Democratic Party, on Thursday, insisted that the 26 Rivers House of Assembly lawmakers who defected from the party to the All Progressives Congress, were no longer members of the state legislature.
PDP National Legal Adviser, Adeyemi Ajibade, SAN, told newsmen shortly after Justice Donatus Okorowo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, adjourned the embattled lawmakers’ suit until January 24, 2024.
Ajibade said though President Bola Tinubu might have waded into the dispute between Governor Siminalayi Fubara and the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, the party stood on what the constitution says on defection.
He said, “PDP as a party, we are standing on the side of the constitution of the country.
“It is not about issues of an agreement because by the constitution, we all swore to uphold.
“The governor himself swore to uphold the constitution, likewise the President.
“I am not against the President calling for the resolution of the matter. He is the chief security officer of this country and he has every right to intervene in the issue.”
He said aside from that, the constitution of the country is very clear; Section 109 (1g) is clear as to issues of detection.
The PDP national legal adviser added that the affected lawmakers had not denied that they had not detected.