The Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Barrister Ehie Edison, on Wednesday, declared the seats of 25 lawmakers that defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) vacant.
The seats were declared vacant when the speaker led proceedings of the 10th Rivers State House of Assembly.
Recal that 27 members of the Rivers State House of Assembly, on Monday, defected from the PDP to the APC.
Also on Tuesday, a state High Court declared Ehie as the authentic Speaker of the House.
The court, presided over by Justice M.W. Danagogo in an exparte motion brought by Ehie, had restrained Martins Amaewhule from parading himself as the Speaker.
