The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday, said that its members in the Imo State House of Assembly, who recently defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) have lost their seats.
We had reported that the Speaker of Imo State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Chiji Collins, alongside seven other members from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, have defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress.
Members, who defected included Uche Ogbuagu of Ikeduru state constituency, Eddy Obinna for Aboh-mbaise, Kennedy Ibeh of Obowo, Crown Onyemaechi Njoku of Ihitte-Uboma, Kanayo Onyemaechi of Owerri west, Chiagozie Nwaneri of Oru-east, Dominic Ezerioha of Oru-west and the speaker who represents Isiala-Mbano state constituency.
But, addressing a press conference at the national secretariat of the party in Abuja, its national spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan, said their defection to the ruling party does not satisfy the provisions of the constitution.
Ologbondiyan, who noted that there was no division in the PDP or a merger with another political group, said their exit from the party has created vacancies in their constituencies.
PDP, however, urged Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to begin a process of conducting a fresh election to elect new representatives for the constituencies.
The party maintained if the commission fails to do the needful, it would challenge the action in court.
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