Delivering his judgment on Monday, Justice Fatun Riman, held that the seats of the sacked lawmakers were vacant by reason of their defection from the PDP without lawful justification.
The party ,which spoke through its Publicity Secretary, Comrade Ini Ememobong, also commended the Speaker, Barr Onofiok Luke for maintaining a calm and peaceful disposition during the crisis. “It can be recalled that these same lawmakers, with the active backing of their Warsaw general and party, created a house of comedy, wherein they claimed to have impeached the legitimate Speaker of the House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Onofiok Luke and declared one Nse Ntuen as the speaker.
“Like a pack of cards placed on a mountain, all the lies were blown away by the wind of truth presented before the court by the legal team of Speaker Onofiok Luke led by Ekemini Udim Esq and the Peoples Democratic Party led by Goddy Umoh. One by one, the court resolved all the issues in the substantive suits, against the lawmakers and held that their seats were vacant by reason of their defection from the PDP without lawful justification.