Port Harcourt-Rivers state: On June 28, the Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers State, will hear several applications seeking to remove Speaker Martins Amaewhule and other members of the state’s Home of Assembly.
Speaker Martins Amaewhule and 24 other members of the house affected by the agreement are supporters of the state’s immediate prior governor, Nyesom Wike.
Amaewhule had asked the transfer of the case to a different courtroom in a petition to Justice John Tsoho, but presiding judge Steven Dalyop Pam continued with the Matter
The Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, will be convened on June 28th to hear numerous motions in a case seeking the removal of speaker Martins Amaewhule and other members of the House of Assembly following their widely publicized defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC)
Amaewhule and the other 24 affected House members are loyalists to Nyesom Wike, former governor and now Federal Capital Territory (FCT) minister.
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Regardless of Amaewhule’s petition When Chief Judge John Tsoho requested the switch of the case to a different courtroom, the presiding judge, Justice Steven Dalyop Pam, determined to proceed with the listening.
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The party leaders and other plaintiffs in FHC/PHC/269/2024 request that the court declare Amaewhule’s and 24 other legislators’ seats vacant as a result of their defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressive Party (APC).
The case, filed in December by the PPD and the APC, tries to tie up the court process. As a result, the parties involved have been embroiled in lengthy legal proceedings.
However, on Monday, the courtroom was met with a petition signed by Martin Amaewhule and submitted to Justice John Tsoho, requesting that the case be moved to a separate courthouse.
Justice Pam, who heard the petition in open court, stated that the petitioner, Amaewhule, requested that the Excessive Court choose to end the hearing process and transfer the case to another courtroom.
