The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has refused to reverse the removal of Hon. Martins Chike Amaewhule and 26 others as members of the Rivers State House of Assembly.
According to the appellate court, reversing the decision of a Federal High Court which declared their seats vacant, would amount to pre-judging the appeal currently before it.
In a ruling which was delivered virtually on Friday, the three-member panel also fixed June 20 for the hearing of the appeal by Amaewhule and others.
The suit is a request to get back their seats as members of the State House of Assembly, after decamping to the All Progressives Congress (APC), from their former party, the Proples Democratic Party (PDP), which sponsored them to the House.
The justices prayed all parties in the matter to maintain the status quo and cease every form of hostilities until the matter is heard and decided.
