The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho, has ordered the transfer of cases challenging the defection of 25 state lawmakers in Rivers State from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
These cases will move from Federal High Court 4 in Port Harcourt, presided over by Justice Steven Dalyop Pam, to Court Two, headed by Justice E. O. Obele.
The decision follows a petition by Speaker of the pro Nyesom Wike Lawmakers, Martins Amaewhule, who requested the cases against him be moved to another court.
The cases were brought by the BOOT Party and other plaintiffs, as well as civil society organizations, over the lawmakers’ defection to the APC.
The presiding judge, Justice Pam, who read the petition in the open court, had noted that the petitioner, Amaewhule, was praying to the CJ of the High Court to stop the hearing process following the petition.
