The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has initiated legal action against Hon. Oluwole Oke, the lawmaker representing Obokun/Oriade Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, following his recent defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The PDP has filed a lawsuit at the Federal High Court in Abuja, seeking Oke’s immediate removal from his legislative seat and the declaration of the constituency seat as vacant.
In the suit, filed by its lead counsel, Raphael Oyewole, the PDP is asking the court to Compel the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, to declare Oke’s seat vacant.
They are also asking that Abbas and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to commence processes for a bye-election to fill the now-vacant seat in the Obokun/Oriade Federal Constituency.
The lawsuit, marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1040/2025, names Oke, the House of Representatives, the Clerk of NASS, Speaker Tajudeen Abbas, and INEC as defendants.
The case is yet to be assigned to a judge for hearing.
Oluwole Oke, a six-term lawmaker, had officially announced his resignation from the PDP on April 16, 2025, in a letter addressed to the PDP chairman in Ward 7, Obokun Local Government Area of Osun, with copies also sent to the national and state chairmen of the party
He cited extensive consultations with his political associates, friends, and family as the basis for his decision to join the APC.
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