A Federal High Court in Abuja, yesterday, sacked 20 members of the Cross River State House of Assembly who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), to the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC).
The court, in a judgment delivered by Justice Taiwo Taiwo, held that the lawmakers, having abandoned the political party that sponsored them to power, ought to vacate their seats.
The judgment followed a suit, which was filed by the PDP.
The judgment follows the sacking of Ebonyi State governor, David Umahi, the state deputy governor, Kelechi Igwe and 17 members of the State’s Houses of Assembly by a Federal High Court for defecting to the APC.
