{"id":136652,"date":"2024-01-05T10:22:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-05T10:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/05\/fubaras-loyalist-ehie-withdraws-suit-against-25-rivers-lawmakers\/"},"modified":"2024-01-05T10:22:00","modified_gmt":"2024-01-05T10:22:00","slug":"fubaras-loyalist-ehie-withdraws-suit-against-25-rivers-lawmakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/05\/fubaras-loyalist-ehie-withdraws-suit-against-25-rivers-lawmakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Fubara\u2019s Loyalist, Ehie Withdraws Suit Against 25 Rivers Lawmakers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-905531\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20240102_151831.jpg\" alt=\"Edison Ehie,\" width=\"840\" height=\"1080\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Former member of the Rivers House of Assembly, Edison Ehie, has withdrawn a contempt suit filed against 25 lawmakers who recently defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC).<\/p>\n<p>Ehie, who was the factional Speaker of the Assembly loyal to Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State, declared the seats of the lawmakers vacant over their defection, in December 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Representing Ahoada East Constituency II in Rivers Assembly, he filed contempt proceedings before the state high court in Port Harcourt, challenging their sittings and legislative activities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO: Gov. Fubara Appoints Ex-Speaker, Ehie As Chief Of Staff<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At the Thursday court session, I. Mac-Barango, counsel to the claimants, drew the court\u2019s attention to a notice of discontinuance filed by Ehie.<\/p>\n<p>Barango applied that the court should give effect to the notice of discontinuance.<\/p>\n<p>Ferdinand Orbih and Emeka Onyeka, lawyers to the defendants did not object to the application.<\/p>\n<p>Consequently, F. A. 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