The Court of Appeal, Port Harcourt Division on Wednesday confirmed that the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State will not field any candidates during the 2019 General elections when it dismissed the appeal filed by the factional Rivers State APC Governorship Candidate, Mr Tonye Cole.

The Court of Appeal, Port Harcourt Division also confirmed the judgment of Justice Chinwendu Nwogu that Rivers State has no ward executives, local government executives and State Executives as it dismissed the appeal filed by Sacked Rivers State APC State Chairman, Mr Ojukaye Flag Amachree.

The Court of Appeal Port Harcourt Division Special Panel Chaired by Justice Abubakar Yahaya dismissed the two appeals for lack of merit.

The third appeal which centred on the judgement by Justice Chinwendu Nwogu was dismissed because it was filed out of time and therefore statute barred.

Delivering his judgement Justice Yahaya,said the appeal against the Justice Chinwendu Nwogu High Court judgement on the party Congress crisis lacks merit, adding that the application for joinder failed to observed the 14 days rules of Appeal.

While delivering judgement on the substantive appeal number CA/PH/198 that bothered on Justice Nwogu’s judgement, the panel ruled that the Ojukaye faction failed to seek leave of court before appealing against the judgement.

Justice Yahaya ruled that the judgement delivered at the lower court was a consent judgement, adding that Ojukaye faction should have done the needful legally before approaching the court.

Counsel to Ibrahim Umar and 22 others, Mr Patrick Luke said that the rulings of the Court of Appeal confirm that the judgement by Justice Chinwendu Nwogu remains valid and is still subsisting.

Counsel to Ojukaye Flag Amachree, Emenike Ebete noted that the court heard the three matters and in her wisdom arrived at the rulings confirming the judgment of Justice Chinwendu Nwogu.

He said: “Arguments were taken but the Court in its infinite wisdom held that in appeal 461, that is the substantive appeal, that the consent judgement of the High Court of Rivers state and by provision of the constitution, we ought to have sought leave of court to appeal against that consent judgement. That is their own decision and they struck it out.

“The one for the candidates and the party state excos, we were dismissed on the ground that it was a pre-election matter, that we did not bring the application within 14 days after decision was delivered on October 10. What that means is that, we will approach the Supreme court to contest the judgment “.

It will be recalled that on October 10, 2018, a High Court in Port Harcourt nullified the nomination of Mr Tonye Cole as the Governorship Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State on the ground that his nomination is a function of illegality and unconstitutional acts.

The Court also nullified the the Rivers State APC Senatorial, House of Representatives and House of Assembly Primaries conducted on the premise of the illegal ward congresses.

The High Court further nullified all the elections of Rivers APC Ward Executives, Local Government Executives and State Executive Committee that arose from the illegal ward congresses.

In a judgment delivered by Justice Chiwendu Nwogu in a suit filed by Ibrahim Imah and twenty-two others against the APC, the Court declared that the ward congresses of Rivers APC were illegal because they were not conducted in line with the APC Guidelines and Constitution.


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supreme court loading

No room for apc in ss/se region

Tony Cole can go and contest in Oyo state

Rivers gone

Zamfara gone

Imo gone

Ogun going

Ondo loading...

This appears very calamitous and a gargantuan wahala of enormous proportions. The likes of which my honourable learned colleague (Obahiagbon) and I are still trying to conjure the right adjectival and artistic pendulum from the cervix of our oratorial bibliography to rightly swing this pendulumic imbalance.

Ubima lion, I sight you there.

Court of appeal has ruled .
It remains the supreme court.
After embarrassing judges, you want favourable rulings ?
Arrest more judges at midnight.

The lizard of Ubima has been retired without a shot fired

The lifeless FC of Daura will be relgated in February

So help us God

The headline is misleading. Please read the whole thing before commenting. The appeal court never said that Rivers APC won't field candidates. They only dismissed Ojukaye's appeal against the judgement that nullified the congress that brought him to office.

Does it even make sense whether APC fields candidate or not, accept with unimaginable rigging machinery involving INEC

Rivers State is PDP as Katsina is APC

I'm shocked that the children of hate and the cursed IPod's youths will not read a story and jump to comment.

Where in the story did the court of Appeal say Rivers APC will not field a candidate in the 2019 election.

The topic also misleading. The mods should close this thread.

I wonder when IPod's will have sense.

Tufiakwa

Antipob777:
I'm shocked that the children of hate and the cursed IPod's youths will not read a story and jump to comment.

Where in the story did the court of Appeal say Rivers APC will not field a candidate in the 2019 election.

The topic also misleading. The mods should close this thread.

I wonder when IPod's will have sense.

Tufiakwa

From all indications, it seems you are the fool here.

How do you conduct a Primary where there is no congress?

What this means that , The congress that brought those candidates are illegal and did not meet the minimum requirements of law guiding conduct of party primaries.

Therefore those Primaries and there candidates are null nd void.

Educate urself

NonsoWow:
The headline is misleading. Please read the whole thing before commenting. The appeal court never said that Rivers APC won't field candidates. They only dismissed Ojukaye's appeal against the judgement that nullified the congress that brought him to office.

You cannot conduct a Primary without a Congress.

This judgment means that no Primary was conducted in Rivers.

Be humble sometimes and try to

Educate urself.

artofseduction:


You cannot conduct a Primary without a Congress.

This judgment means that no Primary was conducted in Rivers.

Be humble sometimes and try to

Educate urself.

You are an ignorant dunce. Court judgements are never implied. They have to be explicit. So until a court categorically states that APC can't field candidates in the election, they are good to go.

NonsoWow:
You are an ignorant dunce. Court judgements are never implied. They have to be explicit. So until a court categorically states that APC can't field candidates in the election, they are good to go.

if it can be proven that your father is impotent, what does that mean?

NonsoWow:
You are an ignorant dunce. Court judgements are never implied. They have to be explicit. So until a court categorically states that APC can't field candidates in the election, they are good to go.

You better stop being unreasonable daft... Read the quote below and stop propounding nonsense further. When a process is nullified by the courts, it means every product of that process is considered null and void.

It will be recalled that on October 10, 2018, a High Court in Port Harcourt nullified the nomination of Mr Tonye Cole as the Governorship Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State on the ground that his nomination is a function of illegality and unconstitutional acts.

The Court also nullified the the Rivers State APC Senatorial, House of Representatives and House of Assembly Primaries conducted on the premise of the illegal ward congresses.

The High Court further nullified all the elections of Rivers APC Ward Executives, Local Government Executives and State Executive Committee that arose from the illegal ward congresses.

Olatunji1929:
if it can be proven that your father is impotent, what does that mean?

Shots fired,I repeat shots fired.....code blue I repeat code blue
Baba,that guy steal your babe?

I think Ameachi goofed on this one. Let's see how it ends with the Supreme Court.

artofseduction:

From all indications, it seems you are the fool here.
How do you conduct a Primary where there is no congress?

What this means that , The congress that brought those candidates are illegal and did not meet the minimum requirements of law guiding conduct of party primaries.Therefore those Primaries and there candidates are null nd void.Educate urself

This is the implication of this ruling.The only next step now is to head to supreme court again.

The APC intraparty power tussle is about to consume another chapter of the party.

Pdp is still the landlord in rivers state

Amaechi can run from pillar to post he can never deliver rivers to apc.

Olatunji1929:
if it can be proven that your father is impotent, what does that mean?

he's a bastard?

Nigeria has no moral code at all and we are far from civility. Can't we have a sane discussion without abuse or name calling. It's only those who have no reasonable things to debate or argue about that result to abuse and name calling. I'm getting pis**d with this forum

Racoon:

This is the implication of this ruling.The only next step now is to head to supreme court again.

supreme court wont override their earlier judgement

Antipob777:
I'm shocked that the children of hate and the cursed IPod's youths will not read a story and jump to comment.

Where in the story did the court of Appeal say Rivers APC will not field a candidate in the 2019 election.

The topic also misleading. The mods should close this thread.

I wonder when IPod's will have sense.

Tufiakwa

this how a child who grew up from almajiri's home behaves in public

freshvine:
supreme court wont override their earlier judgement

Meaning APC will not fill in candidates for elections in Rivers State.

NOTED

NonsoWow:
The headline is misleading. Please read the whole thing before commenting. The appeal court never said that Rivers APC won't field candidates. They only dismissed Ojukaye's appeal against the judgement that nullified the congress that brought him to office.

Can't you read or is it understand?

You better start thinking with your brain... Read the quote below and stop propounding nonsense further. When a process is nullified by the courts, it means every product of that process is considered null and void.

Antipob777:
I'm shocked that the children of hate and the cursed IPod's youths will not read a story and jump to comment.

Where in the story did the court of Appeal say Rivers APC will not field a candidate in the 2019 election.

The topic also misleading. The mods should close this thread.

I wonder when IPod's will have sense.


Tufiakwa

It will be recalled that on October 10, 2018, a High Court in Port Harcourt nullified the nomination of Mr Tonye Cole as the Governorship Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State on the ground that his nomination is a function of illegality and unconstitutional acts.

The Court also nullified the the Rivers State APC Senatorial, House of Representatives and House of Assembly Primaries conducted on the premise of the illegal ward congresses.

The High Court further nullified all the elections of Rivers APC Ward Executives, Local Government Executives and State Executive Committee that arose from the illegal ward congresses

I would like to ask this simple question- did the political party hold a primary? That was observed by inec as either the ameachi faction or Abe faction? - if Yes! The court does not have the right to say one party cannot field any candidate in the 2019 election, since they are not the electoral umpire- the court has over stepped it's bounds by meddling with the internal working of the party and as such if this goes to the Supreme Court it would be thrown out for lack of judicial responsibility

artofseduction:



From all indications, it seems you are the fool here.

How do you conduct a Primary where there is no congress?

What this means that , The congress that brought those candidates are illegal and did not meet the minimum requirements of law guiding conduct of party primaries.

Therefore those Primaries and there candidates are null nd void.

Educate urself

Why are you educating them allow them to continue to dwell in ignorance

Olatunji1929:
if it can be proven that your father is impotent, what does that mean?

Kai! Brah dis na "Fatality".
There is no coming back from this Smackdown.
Referee starting d 10 count.... 1, 2, 3, 4....10 referee waves his hand.

Lights Out.

Antipob777:
I'm shocked that the children of hate and the cursed IPod's youths will not read a story and jump to comment.

Where in the story did the court of Appeal say Rivers APC will not field a candidate in the 2019 election.

The topic also misleading. The mods should close this thread.

I wonder when IPod's will have sense.

Tufiakwa

Read between the lines bro. If the Party Congress that produced the party flagbearers has been nullified, it means every structures that are standing on that Congress are null and void.

Olatunji1929:
if it can be proven that your father is impotent, what does that mean?

No, his father can still have children inspite of his impotency unless the goddamn doctor mentioned explicitly that he cannot. APC supporters sef