Rivers: Court affirms orders nullifying APC congresses

The Court of Appeal has upheld a precocious tribunal bid nullifying the Rivers APC ward, section government, and authorities congresses that produced the Tony Okocha-led exco loyal to FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike.

Recall that Okocha had filed an entreaty astatine the appellate tribunal against the ex parte bid of the High Court, which barred the APC from conducting its congresses successful the state.

According to Okocha, the High Court had nary jurisdiction successful the substance and, arsenic such, was not empowered to marque the said order.

But the Appeal Court, successful a determination delivered by Justice Elfreida Williams-Dawodu JCA, affirmed the jurisdiction of the High Court successful issuing that bid and threw retired the entreaty for privation of competence.

Meanwhile, the Publicity Secretary of the Tony Okocha-led exco, Ikenga Chibike, has assured enactment members that determination is nary menace to the presumption of the exco pending the afloat proceedings of the matter.

He besides added that the enactment lawyers volition survey the afloat judgement and counsel connected the adjacent step.

Rivers: Court affirms orders nullifying APC congresses