APC Furious Over Court Order Freezing Pro-Wike Rivers State Lawmakers

The newly appointed Caretaker Committee Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC in Rivers State, Chief Tony Okocha has vowed to petition the National Judicial Council, NJC over the exparte order granted the factional speaker of the house by a court in Rivers State.

Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday, he said that the court order was given to intimidate the 27 PDP members of the Rivers State house who defected to the APC.

Besides, he added that the order was procured to enable the faction aligned to the governor sit without the APC members to allow Governor Simi Fubara present his 2024 budget estimates for Rivers State.

He said:

“We wish to intimate Nigerians of the recent judgement in Rivers State. Today Rivers State people woke up to hear about the judgement the Rivers State high court granted with impunity; an exparte order to one Hon. Edision Ehie recognizing him as Speaker of Rivers State House of Assembly.

“It would be recalled that the same Hon. Edision had approached a federal high court in Rivers State seeking to be declared as the Speaker of Rivers State House of Assembly in the case argument has been taken and judgement reserved for January, 2024.

“Surprisingly, today (Tuesday) on the same subject matter, Justice Danagogo granted an exparte order purporting to recognize Hon. Edision as Speaker of the State House of Assembly. This is a fragrant abuse of court processes.

“The judge claimed that the case which was filed by Edision on the 30th of October, 2023 and assigned to him in the first of November, 2023 for all this length of time. If the subject matter was urgent, why did the judge wait till today, December 12, to declare an exparte?

“It’s in public glare the 27 Assembly members who were elected under the PDP platform crossed over to the APC citing irreconcilable differences in the PDP – a move supported by Section 109 of the Constitution of Nigeria. The defectors were received by APC Rivers yesterday (Monday). It’s because of the defection that brought about the court order from Justice Danagogo

“The judge has contravened the NJC order on frivolous exparte orders and has sanctioned judges that defiled the orders. He said the reason for the judgement is to allow Governor Fubara present his budget to the Assembly,” the Rivers State APC caretaker committee chairman said following the court order.

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