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Court throws out suit to sack 27 Rivers lawmakers over defection

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A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has dismissed a lawsuit filed by Hycent Wosa-Amadi and three others, seeking to declare the seats of 26 Rivers State House of Assembly members, including the Speaker, Martin Amaewhule, vacant.

The lawmakers had defected to the All Progressives Congress in December last year, prompting the…

Justice Gbasam ruled that the plaintiffs failed to provide sufficient evidence to convince the court that Martin Amaewhule and the 26 other lawmakers indeed defected to the APC as claimed. The lawmakers had defected to the All Progressives Congress in December last year, prompting the… The Minister of Sports Development, Sen. John Owan Enoh has commended the National Assembly for the accelerated passage of the National Anti-Doping Bill.

 

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