Court reserves ruling on application to dismiss defection case against 27 rivers lawmakers

The Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State has reserved April 16, 2025 to rule on an application to dismiss a defection case filed by the Labour Party (LP) against 27 members of the rivers assembly. The labour party is praying the court to declare the seats of the lawmakers vacant for allegedly defecting from the people’s Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC).