PATRICK ABANG, Calabar –
The Cross River State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has appealed to the judgement of The Federal High Court Abuja, which sacked about 20 lawmakers on Monday who defected with Governor Ben Ayade from PDP to APC.
This is according to a statement issued on Tuesday in Calabar by the Special Adviser to Cross River State Governor Ben Ayade on Media and Publicity, Christian Ita.
The statement assured the affected lawmakers from the National Assembly and the Cross River State House of Assembly and the general public that an appeal against the judgement of the Federal High Court, Abuja has been filed at the Court of Appeal, Abuja.
It also noted that a motion for a stay of execution of the Federal High Court has also been filed”.
According to the statement: “Both processes were filed by renowned constitutional lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Chief Mike Ozekhome”.
“Following the filing of the two processes, automatically the orders of the lower court are stayed”.
“Consequently, the APC members in both the National Assembly and the Cross River State House of Assembly should go about their duties freely”.
NATIONAL ACCORD recalled that the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) had sued Governor Ben Ayade and the 18 lawmakers who defected to APC to court. The PDP had asked the court to sack them and declare their seats vacant having defected from the party that voted them into power.
