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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Cross River State has revealed that the same fate suffered by Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State is likely to befall Governor Ben Ayade soon.
Governor Ayade, who won the 2019 election as governor of Cross River State under the umbrella of the PDP, had decamped to All Progressives Congress (APC) on 20th May, 2021.
Chairman of the PDP in the state, Venatius Ikem, in a statement on Wenesday said the party has been in Court for months over the same case as seen in Ebonyi.
“We have been in Court for several months on the same claims like those of the PDP in Ebonyi State and we are being represented by the same lawyers, too.
“Indeed, the matter has been set for hearing.
“So, it is not a matter of if we are ‘thinking in that direction’, it is a matter of when our own judgment will be delivered.”
A High Court sitting in Abuja, had on Tuesday issued a sack to Governor Umahi of Ebonyi State and his Deputy for decamping to the APC after securing their positions under the platform of the PDP.
The Court presided over by Justice Inyang Ekwo had directed the PDP to immediately nominate two persons to take over power in Ebonyi State as governor and deputy.
Speaking on the National Judicial Council (NJC) which Umahi had appealed to for a review of the judgment, the PDP boss said the NJC is not a Court and does not have powers to “review judgements of courts”.
According to him, “Only the appropriate Superior Courts have jurisdiction to review judgements of inferior or lower courts.”
