A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered 17 members of the Ebonyi House of Assembly, who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to vacate their seats.
The indicted lawmakers, including the Speaker had defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) last year.
Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgment on Tuesday, held that their defection was unlawful and that having abandoned the PDP on which platform they were elected, they could no longer occupy the seats.
Justice Ekwo declared their seats vacant and restrained them from further parading themselves in the capacity of members of the Ebonyi State House of Assembly.
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