A faction of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Rivers State, led by Edwin Woko, has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to urgently schedule elections to fill 27 vacant positions in the State House of Assembly.
The seats, according to Woko were left unoccupied after the lawmakers defected from the PDP to the All Progressives Congress, APC, in 2023.
In a statement on Tuesday, Woko reminded INEC of a formal request from the party’s acting National Chairman, urging the commission to conduct elections for the vacant seats.
Woko’s requests followed Governor Siminalayi Fubara’s presentation of the N1.1 trillion 2025 budget to the Rivers State House of Assembly, led by Victor Oko-Jumbo, on Monday.
He commended the governor for adhering to constitutional provisions by presenting the budget to what he described as the only “legally recognized and functional Assembly” in Rivers State.
According to Woko, the 27 defected lawmakers, under the leadership of Martins Amewhule, ceased their legislative duties in accordance with Section 109(g) of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria, as amended
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