A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, has declared that the defection of Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi state and his deputy, Dr. Kelechi Igwe, from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the All Progressives Congress, APC, was illegal and unconstitutional.

The Judge, Justice Inyang Ekwo gave the order in a judgement on a suit filed by the PDP seeking the removal of Governor Umahi and his deputy, Dr. Igwe from office.

Justice Ekwo noted that the crux of the matter was the defection of the 3rd and 4th from the PDP to the APC.

The Judge said the averrements of the 3rd and 4th Defendants did not address the issue of defection rightly and frontally but rather resorted to general denial to affidavit evidence.

Justice Ekwo therefore ordered that the government should vacate office and the Plaintiff should submit the candidate of its first runner up of its primary or in the alternative, the PDP should conduct another primaries.