Senator Abbo Cannot Run Away With Our Mandate – PDP

Following his defection to the All Progressive Congress (APC), the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on Senator Elisha Abbo to vacate his seat in the Senate.

The party through its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, said in a statement that the lawmaker “should be aware of the provision of the Constitution which made it compulsory for any member of the National Assembly who defected to another party to immediately vacate his seat.”

“Abbo is fully aware of the constitutional implication of his decision to defect to another party, which is that he cannot continue to occupy the seat of the PDP in the Senate,” he said.

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Ologbondiyan added: “The place of any senator who changed parties except on the grounds provided by the constitution is very clear, and the PDP will not allow Senator Abbo to run away with our mandate. It is impossible.”

He further explained that the party had “already commenced processes for Abbo’s replacement with a credible, stable and acceptable person to take over his seat in the Senate.”

Eko Hot Blog recalls that Senator Elisha Abbo had announced his defection, through a letter read on the floor of the Senate yesterday, citing Governor Umaru Fintiri’s alleged mismanagement in Taraba State as some of his reasons.