Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly, Eteng Jonah-Williams, says that he is not aware of any court judgement sacking him or any house member.
Mr Jonah-Williams, who spoke in an interview with journalists in Calabar, said the affected members had not been served with any court order.
“As far as I am concerned, I am not aware of any court judgement sacking me or any member because we have not been served with any court order as we speak,” he said.
The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court had declared vacant the seats of 20 lawmakers from Cross River over their defection from the Peoples Democratic Party to All Progressives Congress.
Justice Taiwo Taiwo dismissed the defence argument that PDP (plaintiff) had no locus standi to institute the case.
Meanwhile, Francis Ovat (PDP), representing Obubra 2 State Constituency, has hailed the judgement as sound.
“If you are elected into a political party and you hold the people’s mandate, it is wrong for you to jump from one party to the other.
“Elected officials should learn to stay in one party. Jumping from one party to the other kills democracy,” he said.
Mr Ovat added that “The judgement is a good one and it came right on time.”
