Court Cannot Sack Defecting Governors – Eze Chukwuemeka

The suit by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) asking a Federal High Court in Abuja to sack the G5 Governors for defecting to the All Progressives Congress (APC) was dismissed as an exercise in futility.

In a statement released in Abuja yesterday, the National Publicity Secretary of the (now defunct) New PDP, Eze Chukwuemeka Eze stated that the Constitution and previous court cases proved that the five governors: Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State,  Murtala Nyako of Adamawa,  Kwara State’s Abdulfatai Ahmed, Magatakarda Wamakko of Sokoto State and Rabiu Kwankwaso of Kano cannot be punished for their defectation, because it resulted from a division or split in their party.

“The suit is laughable and betrays the ignorance of the PDP leadership about the laws of the land,” he said. “G5 Governors must be commended and congratulated for standing against the draconian and undemocratic acts of PDP and should go about their normal business as both PDP and its sponsors lack the power to sack any of them. This also covers all members of the National Assembly who desire to join the Aso Rock-bound train (APC) come 2015.”

Eze, who is also the media aide to the Rivers APC Chairman said that the crisis within the PDP meant that none of its members who leave can be penalized, and accused PDP of mischief for instigating the Houses of Assembly in the affected states to start impeachment proceedings against their Governors, as seen in Rivers State where legislators are currently trying to impeach Governor Amaechi.

He warned PDP to desist from any further act of destabilization, and revealed that seven more PDP Governors will be making the move to APC in 2014. The new PDP and APC merged last month.