Fourteen PDP member who lost in the March 9, 2019 election has called on Independent National Electoral Committee ((INEC) to swear them in to replace the APC member who won but have refused to be sworn in.
In a statement on Wednesday by head of the group, Honourable Igbas Ezehi and nine others, said the case of the 14 APC members Is
a closed one except it is not true that the Constitution is supreme.
The statement continued: “To continue to discuss their fate will amount to a slap on the intergrity of our nation indicative of the misnomer that some few can take the country for granted due to their internal party disagreement. This is a precedent that must not be encouraged in our sociopolitical development as a nation.
“The certificate of return issued to them have stalled and therefore must be withdrawn forthwith.
“Nature abhor vacuum.
Therefore an urgent solution must be sought to ensure the four years of the rightful legislative representation of the 14 constituencies is not wasted.“We believe the option left now for 12 seats is to apply the globally accepted Doctrine of Neccesity to resolve the logjam. The candidates that came second in the election should be sworn in to replace those who refused to be inaugurated. For the two seats of those who were sworn in but refused to continue to sit, INEC should immediately conduct a by election.
“In the alternative, INEC should immediately put in place the process to ensure a by election is conducted in the entire 14 constituencies,” the statement added.
It is recalled that the 14 APC members are in court to seek redress over the declaration of their seats vacant after they were said not to have come for inauguration, with two out of the 14 saying they were inaugurated under duress
