Utomi, Falana, Ezekwesili Push for Automatic Sack of Defectors

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Prof Pat Utomi, Femi Falana (SAN) and Oby Ezekwesili are advocating constitutional changes to mandate automatic loss of seat for elected officials who defect from their parties, except in narrow cases. They say frequent defections betray voters and weaken democracy.

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11 Dec 2025