A Federal High Court, Abuja on Tuesday, ordered the 16 lawmakers from Ebonyi to vacate their seats after their defection from (PDP ) to (APC).
In a judgement, Justice Inyang Ekwo ordered the lawmakers to stop parading themselves as representatives of the people after dumping the party on which platform they were elected into the house of assembly.
Odefa Obasi Odefa, Victor Chukwu, Kingsley Ikoro, Joseph Ununu, Nkema Okoro are some of the lawmakers included amongst others. Earlier today, the judge sacked Governor David Umahi and his deputy Dr Eric Kelechi igwe for defecting to APC holding that the total number of 393 ,042 votes Governor Umahi secured during the March 9, 2019 governorship election in Ebonyi State belonged to the PDP and same could not be legally transferred to the APC. 
Ekwo ruled that having defected to the APC, both Umahi and his deputy not only jettisoned the PDP, but also the votes that belonged to it. He held that going by the outcome of the governorship election, the office of the governor and deputy governor in Ebonyi State belong to the plaintiff and no other political party.
Justice Ekwo therefore said “There is no constitutional provision that made the ballot transferrable from one party to the other”.
He had on Jan 19 fixed today for the judgement in the suit filled by the PDP against the governor and his deputy.
