A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, ordered Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State to vacate office after his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgment, also ordered Dr Eric Igwe to stop parading himself as deputy governor of the state.
Justice Ekwo declared that having defected from the PDP, on which platform they came into power, the duo are deemed to have resigned from the office and, hence, no longer entitled to be called governor and deputy governor.
The judge said it was constitutionally wrong for a candidate elected into an office on a platform of a political party to defect to another political while still holding office.
He said the votes gotten by Umahi and Igwe on March 9, 2019 were PDP votes and not APC.
Justice Ekwo had on January 19 fixed Tuesday for judgement in the suit filed by the PDP against the governor and his deputy.
