The Labour Party, LP, has called on the Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly to declare the seats of the 27 lawmakers who defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC, vacant.

Rivers State LP Chairman, Hilda Dokubo, also called for a fresh election to fill the vacant seats.

In a statement she signed, Dokubo described the defection as unconstitutional.

According to Dokubo: “The provision is clear about the fate of those legislators who betrayed the party that sponsored them.

“Therefore, Labour demands the Speaker of the House declare the 27 seats vacant immediately.

“The political class should be aware that they can no longer take the electorates and parties that sponsored them for a ride.

“Fresh elections in Rivers State will offer the people the opportunity to elect their true representatives.”