The Federal High Court in Port Harcourt has fixed March 18, 2024, to hear a suit seeking to sack the 27 members who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress.

The 27 lawmakers, led by the Speaker, Martin Amaewhule, are loyal to immediate-past Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike.

The suit seeking to sack them was filed by the Rivers State Civil Society Organisations.

The plaintiff is contending that by the provisions of  Section 109 of the 1999 Constitution, the lawmakers must lose their seats in the Assembly having abandoned the party on which they were elected into the legislature.