CJN Orders Transfer Of Rivers Assembly Matters From Justice Pam Court 4 To Obele Court 2

The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Hon. Justice John Tsoho, has ordered the transfer of the cases challenging the defection of the 25 state lawmakers in Rivers State from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the All Progressives Congress, APC......READ THE FULL STORY>>.....READ THE FULL STORY>>

Tsoho ordered that the cases be transferred from Federal High Court 4, Port Harcourt, presided over by Justice Steven Dalyop Pam, to Court Two headed by Justice E. O. Obele.

Earlier the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, fixed June 28 for hearing the case seeking to sack Speaker Amaewhule-led House of Assembly, following the lawmakers’ alleged defections to the All Progressives Congress (APC).The Presiding Judge, Justice Steven Dalyop Pam, heard the suit instituted by the BOOT Party against Amaewhule and 24 others, despite a petition to the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho, by Amaewhule seeking the transfer of the matter to another court.