The Kwara State House of Assembly has declared the seat of the lawmaker representing Ojomu/Balogun Constituency in Offa Local Government Area of the state, Saheed Popoola, vacant for defecting to another party.
The Speaker of the Assembly, Yakubu Danladi-Salihu, announced this on the floor of the house during the Thursday plenary of the assembly.
He said, “The speaker and the members of the Kwara State House of Assembly have no right to declare my seat in the assembly vacant. Even INEC also has no right because a Kwara State High Court presided over by Justice Yusuf has granted an injunction that they have no power to declare my seat vacant.”
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