A High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State has granted an order of interlocutory injunction restraining Martin Amaewhule and 24 other lawmakers from parading and holding themselves as members of the Rivers State House of Assembly.
The 25 lawmakers led by Rt. Hon. Martins Amaewhule and loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Chief Nyesom Wike had on December 13, 2023 defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Factional Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Victor Oko-Jumbo and two others had dragged the 25 lawmakers to court seeking that they should be stopped from parading themselves as members of the House of Assembly flowing their defection to another political party.
Also joined as defendants in the suit are the Rivers State Governor, the Attorney-General of the state and the Chief Judge of the state.
The court, presided over by Justice C.N. Wali, also issued an interlocutory injunction against Governor Siminalayi Fubara, the State Attorney General of Rivers State, and the Chief Judge of Rivers State, who are the 26th to 28th defendants in the suit.
They are restrained from dealing with, interfacing, or accepting any resolution, bill, or other actions from Amaewhule and the 24 others.
