Pro-Fubara Speaker Of RSHA, Hon. Oko-Jumbo Goes To Supreme Court
– Said he believed 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.
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The Pro-Fubara speaker of the RSHA, Rt. Hon. Oko-Jumbo on Friday made it clear that he has instructed his lawyers and 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.
He stated that Martin Amaewhule & 24 ORS are no longer members of the Rivers State House of Assembly and called on the Independent National Electoral Commission to promptly Conduct a bye-election to fill the vacant seats in the RSHA.
Dez Mayorz News earlier reported that the
Preliminary Objections filed by Hon. Victor Oko Jumbo, Hon. Sokari Goodboy Sokari, Hon. Adolphus Timothy, and Governor of Rivers State being the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Respondents challenging the Appeal of Hon. Martin Chike Amaewhule and 24 others have been dismissed for lacking in merit.
The Appeal Court said the Court vested with Jurisdiction to entertain the suit of Hon. Oko Jumbo and others is the Federal High Court and not the State High Court.
“The consequent upon the foregoing, the order of the trial court having been made without Jurisdiction is of no effect and is hereby declared null and void”- Appeal Court.
Below is Hon. Oko-Jumbo’s full statement.
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.*
4. *When Martin Ameawhule and the 24 others despite 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.*
5. *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.*
6. 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.*
7. 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 is still a member of the RSHA.*
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. Martin Amaewhule & 24 ORS despite all their pretenses are no longer members of the Rivers State House of Assembly and they remain so until a Court of Competent Jurisdiction says otherwise.*
11. 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.*
12. We strongly urge the general public to ignore Martin Amaewhule & 24 ORS in their pretense that they are members of the RSHA.
End.
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