BREAKING: Anxiety as Sacked Plateau Assembly PDP Lawmakers Vow to Force APC Members Out

• The 16 PDP members of the Plateau state house of assembly sacked by the Court of Appeal sacked have threatened to resume plenary on Tuesday
• At a press briefing on Monday, the lawmakers will resume at the temporary chamber of the old government house in Jos
• Their resumption was premised on the Supreme Court judgment that reinstated Governor Caleb Mutfwang for the same reason that they were sacked

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Jos, Plateau - The 16 members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who were ousted by the Court of Appeal but are banking on Supreme Court judgment, have declared their intention to resume plenary on Tuesday, January 23.

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It was learnt that the resumption is set to take place at the temporary chamber in the old government house in Jos, Plateau state.

Why sacked PDP lawmakers threatened to resume plenary

The sacked lawmakers are relying on the Supreme Court judgment that overturned the lower court's decision and reinstated Governor Caleb Mutfwang as the duly elected governor of the state, TVC reported.

Speaking to journalists in Jos on Monday, January 22, the PDP members cautioned All Progressives Congress (APC) against approaching the House of Assembly.

They cited the Supreme Court's pronouncement, which nullified the Court of Appeal's judgment that led to their dismissal.

Ishaku Maren, the spokesman for the 16 members, emphasised that the Supreme Court had validated their reinstatement and rectified the error made by the lower court.

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Maren, accompanied by the other 15 members, stated their readiness to resume their legislative duties as law-abiding representatives of the people who elected them.

His statement reads in part:

"We are resuming work in earnest, and we are confident to address the press by informing the general public that my members, that is, PDP family members in the State Assembly, are in high spirits and are willing and ready to go back and continue with our constitutional duty willingly given to us by the electorates."

APC defeated as NNPP retains Kano

Legit.ng earlier reported that the Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Court of Appeal, which sacked Kano state governor Abba Kabir Yusuf.

Justice John Okoro's five-member panel of the Supreme Court ruled that the appellate court was wrong to have deducted the governor's votes.

The apex court also maintained that the issue of nomination remained an internal affair and that no political party should interfere in the affairs of the other.

Source: Legit.ng