The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has dismissed a suit instituted against the 27 members of the Rivers State House of Assembly.
The suit was seeking to replace the 27 lawmakers on account of their alleged defection from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) was dismissed for lacking in merit
Justice Peter Lifu who delivered the judgment held that the suit instituted by the Action People’s Party APP was statute barred having not been filed within 14 days allowed by law.
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While the alleged defection by Martins Ameawhule and 26 others was said to have been carried out in December 2023, the APP filed the case on July 12, a period of 8 months after the cause of action emanated.
Justice Lifu also held that the case was a gross abuse of court process on the ground that several suits on the alleged…