Miscarriage Of Justice: 16 Plateau PDP Lawmakers To Resume Tuesday

16 lawmakers of the Plateau State House of Assembly belonging to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP declared as having been wrongly sacked by the Supreme Court have pledged to resume duty on Tuesday.

The PDP lawmakers led by the member from the Bokkos State Constituency, Ishaku Maren said, their prompt to resume was upon the judgment of the Supreme Court which reinstated Governor Caleb Mutfwang upon the nullification of the issues used by the Court of Appeal in earlier sacking him as governor of Plateau State.

The lawmakers said that the same issues which were also applied by the Court of Appeal in removing them from office concerning the status of the PDP on the Plateau had been nullified by the Supreme Court hence their decision to resume.

Speaking to newsmen on Monday, Maren said, “We are the 16 PDP members, of the Plateau State House of Assembly, we are all here to address the press regarding our resumption to duty tomorrow because our recess will be ending today, and by tomorrow, we are resuming work in earnest. We are informing the general public that my members, that is PDP family members in the State Assembly are in high spirits, willing and ready to go back and continue with your constitutional duty willingly given to us by the electorates.

“You are aware that while we were on recess, there were two judgments that were passed regarding the status of State House of Assembly and Plateau State as a whole… Court of Appeal members are deceiving themselves that they are coming to the House tomorrow to resume work but I’m confident to tell you that we are a product of democracy.

“We are validly elected by the majority of votes that were cast in our respective constituencies and our constituents are willing and ready to accompany us tomorrow because they voted for us they are not ready to compromise that and that is why they are seeing us to the State Assembly tomorrow…

“The Court of Appeals said that one cannot put something on nothing, that PDP on the Plateau had no structure and it was on that basis that we were sacked. But when we were in recess, a superior court gave its verdict regarding the same issue and the judgment of the Supreme Court said that the case that was brought before the Court of Appeals in its entirety was fraudulent and the Court of Appeals lacked the jurisdiction to entertain the entire matter and by that, we refer the APC Appeal members that one cannot build something on nothing.

“It shows that the verdict of the Court of Appeals is a nullity and we reject that judgment in its entirety… I want to call on the leadership of this country, our own President, as well as the Head of the Judicial system in this nation, to save our democracy by calling the President of the Court of Appeals to order. Because all that happened within the Court of Appeals is based on her authority and judgment and even the dedicated panel that was dedicated to handle Plateau State matters, it was ill-motivated.”

He added, “It was even in the words of the Supreme Court that it was a miscarriage of justice. The law says that when there is an injury, there must be a remedy… The House of Assembly is supposed to be occupied by validly elected members from the 24 State constituencies. So without mincing a word, we are here to work. We are aware of the efforts of the APC members trying to meet His Excellency, the Governor of Plateau State that some of them are even pleading that they are willing and ready to defect.

“The House of Assembly is meant for those who can win the mandate of the electorate. We know the Governor is a man of integrity, whatever he will do. We are sending the word of appeal to the Governor to resist any attempt, no matter where it is coming from, because we are the people’s members. We are duly elected by our electorates. And we’ve not come across a time that our electorates are even willing to withdraw the support that they have willingly given to us.”

GWG.ng reports that the decision of the PDP lawmakers to resume is bound to energise all sides on the Plateau given the agitation that came from the PDP following the controversial court judgments.

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