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…state and federal lawmakers not spared
Going by the Abuja Federal High Court judgment that sent Ebonyi Governor, Dave Umahi packing, Cross River and Zamfara Governors may lose their positions soon.
TheNewsGuru.com, (TNG) in a chat with some constitutional lawyers can authoritatively reveal that Governor Ben Ayade and his Zamfara counterpart, Bello Matawalle who defected from Peoples Democratic Party, PDP may soon pack their loads from their Government Houses.
According to one of the legal experts from Ebonyi State who spoke to TNG under the condition of anonymity, Ben Ayade and Matawalle and even the Anambra deputy Governor, Nkem Okeke who defected last year commited same offence so their fate is hanging in the balance.
“As far as I am concerned the judgment has substance and it is a watertight one that cannot be easily jettisoned by the upper courts.
“Judgments like this bring sanity to the political and judicial systems of Nigeria because once this judgment sails through other courts it becomes a precedent.
Another legal expert from Anambra State who spoke in a similar vein said” our deputy Governor here in Anambra who defected too is not spared and the miracle working Zamfara lawmakers too have a case to answer.
He explained that:”If the judgement stands and survives the required appeals process,then it would become a precedent to decide subsequent, similar cases and even federal lawmakers that defected with their Governors too will lose their seats.
“The crux of the matter is that the votes are PDP votes so as an individual you can’t unilaterally transfer another party’s votes to another, so Matawalle, Ayade and his Assembly members that defected including the federal lawmakers are all goners if this judgment sails through.
“I think in the case of Ayade, his Federal lawmakers abandoned him except for one Legor who has followed Ayade into the grave like the proverbial fly.