The management of the Labour Celebration (LP) has stated would go to court docket to hunt an order declaring the seats of defectors from the social gathering vacant

Obiora Ifoh, the social gathering’s Nationwide Publicity Secretary, stated this adopted the defection of Akangbe Illiya, a member representing Jos South/Jos East, on the Home of Representatives

The social gathering had earlier stated it was making a Labour Celebration ‘Corridor of Disgrace’ Register for the defectors

“This defection like comparable ones earlier than is condemnable.

“Part 68(g) of the 1999 structure is emphatic on when to defect and what occurs when a lawmaker sponsored by a political social gathering decides to leap ship.

“It’s pointless to probe why many of the defectors selected the All Progressives Congress (APC) as their vacation spot level and why the speaker of the Home of Representatives, Tajudeen Abass has refused to respect the provisions of the structure by declaring their seats vacant”

He famous that the social gathering has since filed actions within the court docket to compel the Nationwide Meeting management to declare the seats of the defected Labour Celebration lawmakers vacant.

“The go well with additionally seeks that each wage, emolument or privileges acquired, from the date of defection, be returned.”