Idongesit Ituen Reinstated To AKHA Seat


By UbongAbasi Ise

The rising tension engulfing the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly over the sack of five lawmakers may come under control as the Federal High Court sitting in Uyo said the member representing Itu State Constituency, Prince Idongesit Ituen, is a bona fide member of the House pending the determination of the Appeal Court Judgment.

The presiding judge, Justice Fatun Riman, granted the Stay of Execution application filed by Mr. Ituen, following last Wednesday’s ruling of the Federal High Court which empowered the Speaker of the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly to declare the seat of the Itu lawmaker vacant.
It would be recalled that the Speaker Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly, Onofiok Luke, had on Monday, declared vacant the seats occupied by Mr. Idongesit Ituen ( Itu); Nse Ntuen ( Essien Udium); Gabriel Toby (Ika/Etim Ekpo); Otobong Ndem (Mkpat Enin);  and Victor Udofia (Ikono), following their recent decampment from PDP to APC.
It became rowdy when the apparent supporters of the embattled lawmakers thronged the premises of the State House of Assembly to protest following the information that the Speaker of the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly, in accordance with the ruling of the Federal High Court, would be convening an emergency plenary to officially declare Mr. Idongesit Ituen's seat vacant.
Meanwhile, media report has claimed that Mr. Idongesit Ituen was manhandled by the Speaker’s protocol officers and was prevented from joining Monday’s plenary before the vacation order was read and upheld by the Speaker, Barr. Onofiok Luke.



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