{"id":129954,"date":"2023-12-11T20:47:44","date_gmt":"2023-12-11T20:47:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/11\/conduct-fresh-elections-for-27-rivers-constituencies-pdp-tells-inec\/"},"modified":"2023-12-11T20:47:44","modified_gmt":"2023-12-11T20:47:44","slug":"conduct-fresh-elections-for-27-rivers-constituencies-pdp-tells-inec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/11\/conduct-fresh-elections-for-27-rivers-constituencies-pdp-tells-inec\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Conduct Fresh Elections For 27 Rivers Constituencies&#8221; \u2013 PDP Tells INEC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party has written to the Independent National Electoral Commission demanding fresh elections to replace the 27 lawmakers in the Rivers State House of Assembly who defected to the All Progressives Congress on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>PDP stated that these lawmakers\u2019 decision to abandon their seats necessitates the prompt organization of new elections to fill the vacant positions.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement released today, in Abuja, the National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Hon. Debo Ologunagba, said: \u201cThe PDP asserts that by defecting from the PDP, the political Party platform on which they were elected into the Rivers State House of Assembly, the seats of the respective 27 former lawmakers have become vacant by virtue of the provision of Section 109 (1) (g) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended).\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0Rivers Power Tussle: \u2018I Won\u2019t Surrender My Mandate Despite Intimidation\u2019 \u2013 Gov Fubara<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor the avoidance of doubt, Section 109 (1) of the 1999 Constitution provides that \u201ca member of a House of Assembly shall vacate his seat in the House if \u2026 (g) being a person whose election to the House of Assembly was sponsored by a political Party, he becomes a member of another political party before the expiration of the period for which that House was elected\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy reason of the above Constitutional provision and its clear interpretation by the Supreme Court, the 27 defected members of the Rivers State House of Assembly have vacated and lost their seats, rights, privileges, recognition and obligations accruable to members of the Rivers State House of Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe PDP, therefore, demands that the Speaker of the Rivers State House Assembly immediately comply with the provision of the Constitution by declaring the seats of the 27 former lawmakers vacant.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn view of the vacancy now existing in the 27 State Constituencies in Rivers State, the PDP demands that INEC should, within the stipulated period under the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended), conduct a fresh election to fill the vacancies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur Party cautions that the former lawmakers should stop parading themselves as members of the Rivers State House of Assembly as such would amount to impersonation with serious criminal consequences.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-12\">\n<p>\u201cThe PDP commends the people of Rivers State for their steadfastness and loyalty to Democracy and Rule of Law, especially at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-7\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div data-advadstrackid=\"890536\" data-advadstrackbid=\"1\" class=\"infor-target\" id=\"infor-451692049\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/300x250b.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party has written to the Independent National Electoral Commission demanding fresh elections to replace the 27 lawmakers in the Rivers State House of Assembly who defected to the All Progressives Congress on Monday. 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