Rivers: Court stops INEC from conducting election to replace 27 lawmakers
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has stopped the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from conducting by-elections for the 27 members of the Rivers State House of Assembly who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The lawmakers, whose seats had been declared vacant by the state’s party chapter, include the factional Speaker …