‘You Are No Longer Assembly Members’: Court Bars Pro-Wike Lawmakers From Sitting
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED AS FOLLOWS:1. An Order of
Interlocutory Injunction is granted restraining the 1st to 25th
Defendants from parading and holding out themselves as members of the
Rivers State House of Assembly and/or meeting/sitting at the Auditorium
of the House of Assembly Quarters located at Off Aba Road, Port Harcourt
or at any other place whatsoever to purport to carry out the
legislative business of the Rivers State House of Assembly, their
legislative seats having been declared vacant pending the hearing and
determination of the substantive suit.2. An Order of
Interlocutory Injunction is hereby made restraining the 26th to 28th
Defendants from dealing with, interfacing, accepting any resolutions,
bills and/or howsoever interacting with the 1st to 25th Defendants in
their purported capacities as members of the Rivers State House of
Assembly, their legislative seats having been declared vacant with
effect from 13th December, 2023 pending the hearing and determination of
the substantive Suit.3. That this case is adjourned to 1st July, 2024 for Mention.
