from Rivers State House of Assembly who had announced their defection from PDP to the APC. He said these lawmakers have lost their seats because of this defection.>>>CONTINUE FULL READING HERE....CONTINUE READING THE ARTICLE FROM THE SOURCE
He said the law, specifically Section 109(1)(g) of the Nigerian Constitution, states that if a member of a State House of Assembly leaves the party through which they were elected for another party, they lose their seat.
In a report recently shared by The Sun, Nwanyanwu said former Governor Nyesom Wike once stated that if you are elected under one party’s platform as a lawmaker, you cannot switch to another party and keep your seat. He urged everyone to stop being pretentious about this issue and follow the law as it stands
In Nwanyanwu’s words: “His Excellency would say so too. You cannot win a seat in the State assembly on the platform of a party, you leave it go to another party. You can’t go with the mandate, former Wike said so too, so why are we being pretentious>>>CONTINUE FULL READING HERE
