The lawmaker, who represents Etinan /Nsit Ibom/Nsit Ubium Federal Constituency of the state, described the development as sad, in a press statement in Uyo on Sunday.
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Onofiok Luke, Speaker, Akwa Ibom House of Assembly has emerged the winner of Saturday’s Etinan Federal Constituency election.
A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Eseme Eyiboh, has urged the Speaker of the Akwa Ibom House of Assembly, Onofiok Luke, to restore peace in the house by rescinding his decision on four defectors.
Eyewitnesses told the News Agency of Nigeria that the five lawmakers had earlier assumed their seats and started an impeachment process against the state Governor, Udom Emmanuel.
The seats of the lawmakers, who defected from the ruling Peoples Democratic Party in the state to the All Progressives Congress had earlier in the day been declared vacant by the assembly.
It is made up of N97.09 billion recurrent expenditure, N445.94 billion capital expenditure and consolidated revenue of N127.69 billion.
In his response to the ruling, Counsel to the Speaker, Ekemini Udim, said the suit filed by the applicant had been determined by the court to be frivolous and without merit.
Leading the defectors to the PDP, the APC Chairman in the council area, Aniefiok Ekah, said they had endured severe hunger in APC and could therefore no longer continue to tolerate such
This was sequel to Governor Udom Emmanuel’s letter sent to the House and read at plenary on Thursday
Emmanuel said the sources of financing the budget included derivation fund estimated at N120 billion, internally generated revenue of N27.8 billion and statutory allocation of N15 billion