Defection: Court gives PDP ‘rebel’ govs 7 days….

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, yesterday, gave the five Peoples Democratic Party, PDP governors, who defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC, seven days to reply to a fresh motion that was filed by their former party, the Peoples Democratic Party, asking that it should be allowed to serve copies of the suit seeking to declare their seats vacant on them through their various state liaison offices in Abuja.

In the motion, which it filed through a consortium of three Senior Advocates of Nigeria led by Dr. Alex Iziyon, SAN, PDP, maintained that, in view of the refusal of the five governors to accept previous copies of the suit that was served on them at the national secretariat of the APC in Abuja, “We have filed a motion to serve them by their liaison offices, which is also recognised by law.”

DP insisted that the court should compel Governors Murtala Nyako of Adamawa State, Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers, Alhaji Magatakarda Wamakko of Sokoto, Alhaji Rabiu Kwankwaso of Kano and Alhaji Abdulfatai Ahmed of Kwara State, listed in the suit as 2nd to 6th defendants, respectively. to vacate their offices.