NOTICE OF VACANCIES IN THE RIVERS STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY UNDER SECTION 109(1)(G) AND (2) OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA 1999 (AS AMENDED) AND REQUEST FOR CONDUCT OF FRESH ELECTIONS IN THE 25 STATE CONSTITUENCIES IN THE RIVERS STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY
I write to formally bring to your notice vacancies in the seats of the under-listed constituencies and membership under Section 109(1)(g)of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended).
The under-listed members who represented the respective Constituencies indicated against their names jointly and severally decamped from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) under whose platform they were elected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) on the day 11th of December 2023, As a result, by Section 109 (2) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended) and by Resolution of the House at the 90th Legislative Sitting of the Rivers State House of Assembly held on
Wednesday. 13th day of December 2023, their seats were declared vacant.
Consequently, I write on behalf of the Rivers State House of Assembly to kindly request for a by-election to be conducted to fill the vacant seats in the
Rivers State House of Assembly.
Signed:
Rt Hon (Barr) Ehie Edison, Esq, DSSRS
Speaker 10th Rivers State House of Assembly