LAWMAKERS FROM CROSS RIVER STATE APPEAL COURT ORDER WHICH SACKED THEM AFTER DEFECTING TO PDP

Two members of the House of Representatives and 18 others from the Cross-River State House of Assembly, sacked by a court in Abuja, have filed an appeal at the Court of Appeal in the nation’s capital. A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mike Ozekhome, filed the appeal on Monday on behalf of the lawmakers.

The Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State, Christian Ita, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. This comes hours after the Federal High Court in Abuja sacked the lawmakers for unlawful defection from the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, to the APC. The lawmakers affected comprised two from the House of Representatives and 18 in the Cross-River State House of Assembly.