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The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Hon. Justice John Tsoho, has ordered the transfer of cases challenging the defection of 25 state lawmakers in Rivers State from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress . The cases have been transferred from Federal High Court 4, Port Harcourt, presided over by Justice Steven Dalyop Pam, to Court Two, headed by Justice E. O. Obele.The transfer order came after a petition by Hon.
Martins Amaewhule, a defendant in the matter, requesting that the cases against him be transferred to another court. The cases involve a suit filed by the BOOT Party and civil society organisations in the state, challenging the defection of Amaewhule and others to the APC.Recall that on Monday, the court resumed hearing, but was confronted with Amaewhule's petition, addressed to the Chief Judge, seeking the case's reassignment.
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