BREAKING: Protesting 16 Plateau PDP Lawmakers Discarded By Police

The 16 members of the Plateau State House of Assembly who were dismissed by the Court of Appeal were subjected to tear gas on Tuesday by ARMED police officers.

When the event occurred on Tuesday morning, the MPs and their supporters had converged at the Rayfield Old Government House in Jos in preparation for the plenary to resume.

The Government House was overrun by police and other security personnel, who forbade the dismissed MPs from entering the House of Assembly’s chambers. However, the lawmakers had promised not to leave the building.

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Recall, addressing journalists in Jos, the state capital yesterday, the sacked PDP members through the former Majority Leader, Ishaku Maren, posited that the Supreme Court verdict which affirmed Governor Caleb Mutfwang as the duly elected governor of the state should also be applicable to the state lawmakers that were sacked by the appellate court.

However, APC members, in reaction to the intent of PDP members to resume plenary session, described the action as insensitive to the rule of law and invitation to anarchy.

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Sixteen members of the PDP were removed by the appellate court for lack of structure while the APC and Labour Party are beneficiaries of the judgement.

Though Certificates of Return have been issued to APC and Labour Party members in accordance to the directives of the judgement, they are yet to be inaugurated since the House has been on recess since last December