Nigeria: Court Strikes Out Suit Seeking Sack of Saraki, Dogara, 52 Other Lawmakers

A civic group had asked that their seats be declared vacant due to their defection from the parties on whose platforms they were elected.

The group, Legal Defence and Assistance Project (LEDAP), had on September 14, 2018, asked the Federal High Court to order that the members of the National Assembly who defected should vacate their seats.

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