The Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Emeka Ihedioha and two others have been dragged before the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja.

CEOAFRICA news desk gathered that these two figures who are also chairmen of the 1999 Constitutional review committee of the Senate and House of Representatives committees respectively were sued for allegedly refusing to order the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct a referendum in pursuit to a request for the creation of Adada state from the present Enugu State.

The plaintiffs, Major-General Godwin Ugwuoke (retd), HRH (Professor) Igwe Ukpabi and Honourable James Ugwu, who sued for themselves and members of the Enugu State Committee on the Actualisation of Adada State and Adada State Movement, alleged that the refusal is a violation of Section 8(1) (a) of the 1999 Constitution as amended.

Section 8(1)(a) provides that a request, supported by at least two-thirds majority of members(representing the area demanding the creation of the new state) in each of the following namely-(i) the Senate and House of Representatives (ii) the House of Assembly in respect of the area, and (iii) the local government councils in respect of the area, is received by the National Assembly.

The plaintiffs are therefore seeking for a declaration that the request for the creation of Adada State does not require to comply with more than the express provision of Section (8)(1)(a) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended) and Section 1(1)(2) and (3) of the creation of states and boundary adjustments (Procedure) Act Cap 37, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004 for such request to be qualified for direction to INEC for a referendum pursuant to their request.