Ebonyi PDP Lawmakers Deny Sack After Their Seats Were Declared Vacant

Ebonyi PDP Lawmakers Deny Sack After Their Seats Were Declared Vacant

Three Peoples Democratic Party members whose seats were declared vacant by the Ebonyi State House of Assembly speaker have reacted.

Reacting through Facebook, the lawmakers said they are bonafide members of the Assembly.

Recall that on Tuesday, the Speaker had declared the seats of three members of the Assembly elected on the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) vacant.

This followed a letter of resignation purportedly written by the three lawmakers resigning from their seats.

The embattled Speaker of the House, Francis Nwifuru read the letter during an emergency sitting of the House.

Recall that on 8th March 2022, the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja in a declaratory judgement sacked the Ebonyi State Speaker and 15 other Lawmakers for defecting from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP to the All Progressives Congress, APC in the State