Rivers Guber: Chinda’s ‘belated defection’ grounds for disqualification – Legislative lawyers

Lawyers nether the umbrella of Association of Legislative Drafting and Advocacy Practitioners, ALDRAP, person described the announcement of Kingsley Chinda’s determination from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the All Progressives Congress, APC, during plenary astatine the House of Representatives connected Tuesday arsenic a “belated defection” that justifies their telephone for his disqualification from contesting the governorship predetermination successful Rivers States successful 2027.

ALDRAP, whose members see constituents of the lawmaker who represents Obio/Akpor Federal Constituency of Rivers State, made the assertion successful a connection released soon aft Chinda’s defection and resignation was announced astatine the National Assembly connected Tuesday. The lawyers arsenic asked the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to supply the rank registry of the APC arsenic astatine May 10, 2026.

ALDRAP had filed a lawsuit, asking an Abuja Federal High Court to halt the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, from recognizing Chinda arsenic the APC campaigner for the 2027 gubernatorial canvass successful Rivers State.

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbass, work a missive announcing Chinda’s resignation from the PDP and defection to the APC during plenary connected Tuesday, June 2, 2026 – astir 2 weeks aft the lawmaker won the APC governorship superior predetermination successful Rivers State, held connected May 21, 2026. The missive al...