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PRESS STATEMENT BY THE RIVERS STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY SPEAKER, RT. HON. OKO-JUMBO

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July 5, 2024
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PRESS STATEMENT BY THE RIVERS STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY SPEAKER, RT. HON. OKO-JUMBO
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In the early hours of Friday 5 July 2024, the Rivers State House of Assembly Speaker, Rt. Hon. Oko-Jumbo released a public statement in light of the Court of Appeal ruling in Port Harcourt, in the case brought to the court by the former Speaker, Rt. Hon Martin Amaewhule and 24 others.
The press statement reads:
ADDRESS BY SPEAKER, RIVERS STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY, RT. HON. OKO-JUMBO, DURING THE HOUSE SITTING ON FRIDAY, JULY 5, 2024.

  1. As the Whole World knows, on the 11th day of December, 2023, Martin Amaewhule and his 24 friends defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressive Congress.
  2. On the 13th Day of December, 2023 Rt. Hon Edison Ehie as the Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly declared the seats of Martin Amaewhule and 24 others in the RSHA Vacant.
  3. That the declaration by Rt. Hon Edison Ehie has not been set aside by any Court in Nigeria.
  1. When Martin Ameawhule and the 24 others in spite of their defection from the Peoples Democratic Party to the APC and their seats being declared Vacant, continued to parade as members of the RSHA, the legitimate members of RSHA filed suit no PHC/1512/CS/2024 against Martin Amaewhule & 24 others in the High Court of Rivers State, where the Court Made orders restraining Martin Amaewhule & 24 ORS.
  2. Dissatisfied with the rulings of the Rivers State High Court in suit No PHC/ 1512/CS/2024, Martins Amaewhule & 24 ORS filed Appeal No. CA/PH/198/2024 at the Court of Appeal, Port Harcourt Division.
  3. Yesterday, the 4th of July, 2024, the Court of Appeal in its lead Judgement allowed the Appeal by Martin Ameawhule & 24 ORS on the ground that the Rivers State High Court lacked the Jurisdiction to hear and determine the case. Accordingly, the Court of Appeal struck out suit No. PHC/1512/CS/2024 and NOTHING MORE.
  1. The Court of Appeal did not make any declaration that Martin Amaewhule & 24 ORS did not defect from the PDP to APC. The Court of appeal also did not make any declaration that Martin Amaewhule 24 ORS are still members of the RSHA.
  2. We strongly believe that the Court of Appeal was in error when it held that the Rivers State High Court lacked the Jurisdiction to hear and determine SUIT NO PHC/1512/CS/2024. Accordingly, we have instructed our lawyers and they have filed an appeal to the Supreme Court of Nigeria Challenging the Judgement of the Court of Appeal delivered on the 4th Day of July, 2024.
  3. There cannot be two Houses of Assembly in Rivers State or Indeed any State in Nigeria. This House of Assembly with me as the Speaker is the ONLY House of Assembly in Rivers State.
  4. Martin Amaewhule & 24 ORS in spite of all their pretences are no longer members of the Rivers State House of Assembly and they remain so until a Court of Competent Jurisdiction says otherwise.
  5. Once again, we the legitimate Members of the RSHA HEREBY call on the Independent National Electoral Commission to promptly Conduct a Bye Election to fill the vacant seats in the RSHA.
  6. We strongly urge the general public to ignore Martin Amaewhule & 24 ORS in their pretence that they are members of the RSHA.
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