A legal expert, Justice Osai Ahiakwo has reacted to yesterday's ruling by the nation's appellate court restoring the sacked 25 lawmakers in the Rivers State House of Assembly to their previous seats.
'We are sure that the issue will be streamlined to address this anomaly as the Supreme Court is expected to give the correct interpretation of Sections 251, to determine the jurisdiction of the Federal High Court and 272 for the State High Court. 'This will once again put to test the viability of our constitutional law and, thereupon, afford the nation a good precedent to rightly define the provisions therein,' he said.
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