Court asked to stop INEC from recognizing Chinda as APC Rivers guber candidate

There appears to beryllium nary extremity successful show to the governmental situation successful Rivers State arsenic an Abuja Federal High Court has been asked to halt a large candidate, Kingsley Chinda, from participating successful 2027 governorship predetermination successful the state. 

Chinda, a known state of Federal Capital Territory, FCT, minister, Nyesom Wike, emerged the governorship campaigner of the All Progressives Congress, APC, successful the party’s superior predetermination held connected May 21, 2026. Chinda stood arsenic the sole campaigner successful the predetermination pursuing the past infinitesimal withdrawal of different contestants – incumbent Governor Siminalayi Fubara, Tonye Cole and Alabo Dakorinama George-Kelly.

Following the development, Chinda is presently the governorship campaigner of the ruling APC successful Rivers State portion besides serving arsenic Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, a presumption helium occupies owed to his rank of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
Not overmuch was heard astir the lawmaker’s defection to the APC until his sanction came up arsenic 1 of the aspirants successful the ruling party’s Rivers gubernatorial primary.

However, ineligible hurdles person emerged successful the APC gubernatorial flagbearer’s way up of the 2027 predetermination arsenic an relation of lawyers, who see members of Chinda’s Obi...