June 13, (THEWILL)- Rivers State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Dagogo Iboroma, has insisted that the 25 defected lawmakers of the Rivers State House of Assembly, led by Martin Amaewhule, have lost their seats as members of the Assembly.
Speaking to newsmen in Port Harcourt on Thursday, Iboroma said, contrary to reports, the Certified True Copy of a Monday judgement by the Rivers State High Court validated the position that Amaewhule and his colleagues were no longer members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and by virtue of that, lost their seats as members of the Rivers State House of Assembly.
“The court did not make a declaration that Martin Amaewhule is the Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, nor did it make a declaration that Martin Amaewhule and 26 others are members of the Rivers State House of Assembly and the Peoples Democratic Party.
“If it were so, it would have been embodied in the court orders, which have been circulated to you all and displayed by me here for the purpose of clarity”, he said.
According to him, the court had been painted in a bad light and the public misled and misinformed, adding that whatever finding of fact that is not included in the court order is an obiter dictum, which has no binding force.
“Once again, I respectfully urge the media to desist from giving any interpretation to any judgement without first reading the content of the judgement and seeking legal advice”, he added.
