Two former Ondo State House of Assembly Speakers– Taofiq Abdusalam and Ayo Agbomuserin– have sued 22 lawmakers for defection.
They asked the court to declare the seats of the lawmakers vacant, following their defection from the Labour Party (LP) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Governor Olusegun Mimiko and the lawmakers defected to the PDP in October.
In the suit filed at the Akure Judicial Division of the Federal High Court, the duo said the lawmakers should have vacated their seats since they defected from LP, the platform on which they were elected.
Joined as defendants were the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), inspector general of Police, director-general, Department of State Security Service and the House of Assembly.
The ex-Speakers asked the court to declare that the lawmakers, having left LP for PDP, should automatically vacate their seats.
Also, they asked the court to declare that the lawmakers ceased to be members of the House from October 8, when they dumped the LP.
“And that all legislative actions and activities performed, bill passed and other legislative functions carried out by them be declared null, void, unconstitutional and ultra vires.”
In the written summons, the duo urged the court to grant an order of perpetual injunction restraining the lawmakers from parading themselves as members of the House of Assembly.
The former Speakers, who are now in the All Progressives Congress (APC), said the 22 legislators defected from LP to PDP, when LP had no division.
According to them, the lawmakers contravened Section 109(1)of the 1999 Constitution.
No date has been fixed for the hearing.