In an apparent move against pro-Wike rivers lawmakers, the Acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Umar Damagun, has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to conduct a bye election to fill up their seats, following their defection to the All Progressives Congress, APC.
Damagun’s request was contained in a letter he addressed to INEC. The Certified True Copy of the letter is dated 13th November, 2024.
The spokesperson of the Opposition Lawmakers Coalition, Ikenga Ugochinyere made the letter available to journalists at a press conference in Akokwa, Imo State, on Sunday.
The letter is titled, “DEMAND FOR IMMEDIATE CONDUCT OF FRESH ELECTION IN 27 STATE CONSTITUENCIES OF RIVERS STATE WHICH HAVE BECOME VACANT PURSUANT TO SECTION 109(1)(g) OF THE CONSTITUTION”.
It drew the Commission’s attention to the “unlawful” defection of 27 members of the Rivers State House of Assembly on December 11, 2023.
According to the letter, going by provisions of the Constitution, the lawmakers are no longer members of Assembly
