Court fixes May 18 for hearing of PDP nomination dispute in Rivers

A Rivers State High Court sitting successful Port Harcourt has adjourned proceedings successful a suit filed by 3 aggrieved members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, fixing May 18, 2026, for the proceeding of an originating summons alongside each pending motions.

The lawsuit is against the Rivers State PDP chairman, Aaron Chukwuemeka, the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, INEC, the PDP, and the Government of Rivers State, implicit the information of candidates for chairmanship, vice chairmanship, and councillorship positions successful August 30, 2025 section authorities elections successful the state.

Also listed arsenic defendants successful the suit are the chairmen of Obio-Akpor, Port Harcourt City, and Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni section authorities areas, arsenic good arsenic their respective vice chairmen and councillors.

Presiding judge, Justice Stephen Jumbo, adjourned the substance aft lawyers representing the antithetic parties raised concerns astir gaps successful the work and effect to immoderate of the tribunal processes.

The claimants, Enyi Uchechukwu, Wisdom Kalio, and Uche Amadi, are asking the tribunal to find whether the Aaron Chukwuemeka-led authorities executive, whose congresses had antecedently been nullified, inactive has the ineligible authorization to guardant a database of candidates to the electoral committee for the section authorities elections conscionable concluded.

They are besides seeking a declaration connected whether the PDP validly nominated candidates done Ch...