Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has declared the seats of the 25 lawmakers, who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the All Progressives Congress, APC, vacant pending the determination of a suit before it.

The court, however, ordered the Rt. Hon. MARTIN AMAEWHULE, to stop parading as the Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly and bared the 24 lawmakers, who are all ANTI-SIMINALAYI FUBARA, the governor of the state, from posing as lawmakers in the state.

Hon. Justice CHARLES WALI gave the order brought by Rt. Hon. VICTOR OKO JUMBO, Speaker, Rivers State House Of Assembly, Hon. SOKARI GOODBOY SOKARI and Hon. ORUBIENIMIGHA ADOLPHUS TIMOTHY, on the crises rocking the legislative arm of the state.

Defendants in the cases are Hon. MARTIN CHIKE AMAEWHULE, Hon. DUMLE MAOL Hon. MAJOR JACK, Hon. FRANKLIN UCHENNA NWABOCHI, Hon. CHRISTOPHER KAGBANG OFIKS, Hon. AZERU OPARA, Hon. ENEMI ALABO GEORGE, Hon. GRANVILLE TEKENARI WELLINGTON, Hon. NGBAR BERNARD, Hon. JOHN DOMINIC IDERIMA.

WALI in the Interlocutory Order, ordered that the lawmakers, who are Pro-NYESOM WIKE, the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, from parading as lawmakers to the determination of the substantive case.