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REASONS WHY INEC SHOULD DECLARE THE SEAT OF THE SEX TOY SENATOR VACANT.

As Written By Sen Vandy Michika 26th November, 2020

The @inecnigeria should with a matter of urgency declare the seat of the sex-toy Senator Ishaku Abbo in the Senate vacant.

The Nigerian constitution is clear on this: section 68 (1) of the 1999 constitution which talks about defections states that:

“A member of the senate or of the house of representatives shall vacate his seat in the house of which he is a member if – (g) being a person

whose election to the house was sponsored by a political party, he becomes a member of another political party before the expiration of the period for which that House was elected; provided that his membership of the latter political party is not as a result of a division in the

political party of which he was previously a member or of a merger of two or more political parties or factions by one of which he was previously sponsored.”

Ordinarily, it is allowed for people to associate freely with others that they share things

in common. This does not only foster collaboration and better interaction, it could also facilitate synergy of ideas and initiatives that would bring about economic and socio-political transformation.

But in this case, Abbo's action is purely a betrayal, dishonesty, inconsistency, disregard for party ethics, morals and good conscience.

One of the Nigerian legal luminary Falana said "the division in question as stated in the Nigerian constitution

“must be total” and “must not be artificial factionalisation.”

Falana further stated that "you cannot leave the party that sponsored your election for another party without refining so that you can ask

for a fresh mandate from the electorate. And that has not happened in this case.”

Therefore as a concerned electorate from the Adamawa Northern Senatorial District, I am hereby calling on the INEC to states her position and conduct fresh election in accordance with section 68,

sub-section one of the 1999 constitution as amended since Abbo had abandoned the party on whose platform he contested and won the election.

Recall that in 2019, the sex-toy Senator Abbo contested and was elected on the platform of the PDP as senator, representing Adamawa

Northern Senatorial Zone but since he has on Wednesday 25th November announced his defection from PDP to the All Progressives Congress (APC), citing mismanagement of the party by the executive governor of the state, INEC should declare the seat vacant.

By leaving the party PDP, Abbo can no longer continue to represent the good people of Adamawa Northern Senatorial District, because it is unlawfully and Illegally to retain his seat as representative of the people in accordance with section 68 sub-section 1 of the 1999 CFRN.

The National Party Headquarters has since stated her position and the sex-toy Senator is fully aware of the consequences of his actions. The party denied any division, crisis or mismanagement of the party affairs by the state governor as claimed by the Senator.

As a lover of democracy, I hereby strongly condemn this act and demand that Senator Abbo should honourably resign and vacate his seat as senator representing Adamawa Northern Senatorial District, having become a member of another party before the expiration of his tenure.