IT IS ILLEGAL TO DEFECT WITHOUT VACATING THE SEAT – Akinjide

 

 Richard Akinjide SAN, a former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, has declared that politicians cannot afford to destabilize the country.

According to him, knowing how sensitive their actions are to the sustenance of democracy, politicians would not willingly crash the system.



On recent happenings that seems to have heightened tension in the polity, the chieftain of the ruling People’s Democratic Party, PDP, stated that what Nigerians are witnessing are just political drama expected in the build up to the general election.

Reacting to defections, the legal luminary said although he does not feel threatened, the law must however be obeyed.

“I am not bothered, he said. “If you read the Constitution properly, you cannot cross or walk from one party to another without first resigning and vacating your seat.

“A section that deals with that is very clear in the Constitution. A lot of things you read in the papers or hear in the radio or watch on the television is mere hypes. I have reasons to believe so because very soon, people will go to court to contest it.

“Those people that said they are crossing have not crossed to anywhere. I am saying this categorically; the Constitution is very clear about it and you cannot change it,” Akinjide added.

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