ONDO HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MEMBER SACKED BY THE APPEAL COURT For dumping the labour party for the aCn, now the apC, A federal lawmaker representing Akure south and north constituency, Ifedayo abegunde has been sent packing from the national assembly by The Federal Court of Appeal sitting in Akure, The appellate court which upheld the decision of a federal high court also based its verdict on abegundes violation of the provision of the section 68 (1) (g) of the1999 constitution when there was no division in the party through which he secured the National Assembly seat. The five-man panel of the appellate court presided over by Justice A. G Mshelia said the failure of the litigant to adhere to the constitutional process of defecting from one party to another negate the constitution and should therefore vacate the seat. Abegunde popularly known as Abena had defected from the ruling LP to rival APC shortly after he was elected as a federal lawmaker over what he called division within the ruling party in the state. In order to prevent his recall from the green chamber, Abegunde through his lawyer, Mr Yemi Osibajo SAN sought the protection of the Federal High Court. He asked the court to pronounce that the division within the LP facilitated his defection to the APC. However, the State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Eyitayo Jegede SAN filed a counter-claim saying among others that he should automatically vacate the seat having left the LP that sponsored him into the National Assembly. The trial court presided by Justice C. Okeke in his ruling in 2012 upheld the position of the state Attorney General that the lawmaker should vacate his seat having defected from the party that sponsored him to the National Assembly.
Posted on: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 18:26:34 +0000
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