Court Case Seeks to Unseat 27 Lawmakers Who Defected from PDP to APC in Rivers State
• Federal High Court to hear March 18 suit seeking to sack 27 pro-Wike lawmakers for defecting from PDP to APC • Lawmakers had defected at height of political crisis between Wike and Governor Fubara • Plaintiff contends defections violate constitutional provision requiring legislators to lose seats if they abandon party on which they were elected • Appeal Court grants request to serve court papers on pro-Wike lawmakers through substituted means • Appeal seeks to nullify December resolution by Tinubu, Wike & Fubara to resolve Wike-Fubara crisis; court sets accelerated April 8 hearing date