Cross River Lawmakers’ Sack: Speaker Claims Ignorance, PDP Welcomes Judgment

The Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Eteng Jonah Williams who was sacked as a member of the house has claimed ignorance of the judgment saying that neither he nor any of his 17 fellow lawmakers had been served the judgment.

His assertion nonetheless, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in the state has welcomed the judgment as sanitsing.

Reacting to the judgment, Williams said:

“As far as I’m concerned and as far as I know, I am not aware of any court judgement sacking me or any member of the CRSHA, because we have not been served any order as we speak,” he said.

On his part, the Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in Cross River, Venatius Ikem Esq expressed satisfaction over the judgment which he described as heartwarming.

“This is the kind of judgment that can sanitise the entire political process and we welcome it wholeheartedly.

GreenWhiteGreen GWG reports that a Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, declared the seats of 20 lawmakers from Cross River vacant over their defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to All Progressives Congress (APC).

Justice Taiwo Taiwo, in a judgment, dismissed the defence argument that the PDP (plaintiff) had no locus standi (legal rights) to institute the case.

Justice Taiwo ruled that the argument of the lawmakers that there was rancour in the PDP which necessitated their defection to APC was a ploy to mislead the court.

The judge, who granted all the reliefs sought by the PDP, held that it was disheartening that politicians in the country treat citizens as if they do not matter once they get into office.

According to him, we cannot continue in sin and expect grace to abound.

Two House of Representatives members and 18 Cross River House of Assembly were affected by the judgment.

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