A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory sitting in Bwari has been asked to declare the seat of the Senator representing Anambra North Senatorial District, Senator Stella Oduah-Ogiemwonyi at the Senate vacant on the account of her defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA). Part 1461 Page 314, Stella who defected to the APGA from the PDP (on which platform she was elected a Senator and where there was no faction as at time of her defection) ought to have her seat in the Senate declared vacant by the court. That, in June 2018 when Stella Oduah-Ogiemwonyi defected to APGA from the PDP, there was no division or faction at the national level of the PDP as the Supreme Court had, on June 17, 2017, wholly settled all the leadership tussles hitherto plaguing the PDP. Already, Justice O. Justice Musa also abridged the time within which the Defendant can enter her appearance and file her defence in the suit to five days and adjourned till August 29, 2018, for the hearing of the originating summons.

Source: Nigerian Tribune August 18, 2018 12:22 UTC