The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Monday, sacked 20 members of the Cross River State House of Assembly for defecting from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC.

In a judgement delivered by Justice Taiwo Taiwo, on Monday, the court held that the lawmakers needed to vacate their seats since they had abandoned the party which brought them to power.

The judgement followed a suit filed by the PDP marked FHC/ABJ/CS/975/2021.

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