Defection: 37 APC lawmakers ask court to stay judgment

In a bid to retain their seats, 37 lawmakers whose seats are currently under threat at the House of Representatives, yesterday, filed a motion seeking to stay the execution of the Abuja Federal High Court judgment that asked them to vacate their offices.

It will be be recalled that Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the High Court, in his judgment, urged the lawmakers to honourably resign from office, having defected to the All Progressive Congress, APC, even though they were elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

Justice Ademola further held that by virtue of their defection, the lawmakers, stripped themselves of the powers to vote or contribute to motions before the House of Representatives.