In the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/2212025, Ewhrudjakpo alleged that members of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly were being pressured to remove him for refusing to resign from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), unlike Governor Douye Diri, who recently left the party.
He also claimed that some local government chairpersons, including Mrs. Alice Tange of Sagbama Local Government Area, were being threatened with dismissal for staying in the PDP.
During the hearing on October 27, Justice Emeka Nwite ordered the defendants to appear before the court to explain why the interim orders sought by the Deputy Governor should not be granted.
Through his lawyer, Reuben Egwuaba, Ewhrudjakpo is asking the court to restrain the defendants from initiating or carrying out any impeachment process against him based on his refusal to defect to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
He is also seeking an order restraining the IGP, the Director General of the State Security Service (SSS), and the Bayelsa Attorney General from withdrawing his security protection or recognising any member of the APC as Deputy Governor before the expiration of his four-year term.
