₦airaland Forum

The Supreme Court has reserved its judgement on an appeal the All Progressives Congress, APC, filed to nullify the outcome of the local government elections held in Rivers State on October 5, 2024.

While the APC, through its lawyer, Mr. J. B. Daudu, SAN, urged the Supreme Court to set aside the November 21, 2024, judgement of the Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal, which declined to invalidate the election, Mr. Yusuf Ali, SAN, who announced appearance for Governor Siminalaye Fubara and Chief
Chris Uche, SAN, who is counsel to the

Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, RSIEC, urged the court to dismiss the appeal.

It will be recalled that the appellate court vacated the judgement that barred the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from releasing the voter register to the RSIEC for the conduct of LG polls.

A special panel of the appellate court had faulted the Federal High Court in Abuja for barring security agencies from providing security during the elections.

The Justice Onyekachi Otisi-led panel had, in a unanimous decision, held that the lower court lacked the jurisdiction to entertain a suit against the Rivers State LG elections.

According to the appellate court, section 28 of the Electoral Act does not cover elections conducted by states but only federal elections, governorship, and area council elections in the Federal Capital Territory.

Justice Peter Lifu of the high court had, on the strength of a suit that was filed by the APC, stopped the conduct of the Rivers State LG election.
The trial court held that the RSIEC erred by fixing a date for the conduct of polls in the 23 local government areas without strict compliance with relevant laws guiding such elections.

Justice Lifu noted that RSIEC failed to publish the 90-day mandatory notice before it scheduled the election.

Besides, he held that the update and revision of the voters register to be used for the election ought to have been concluded before any valid date could be fixed for the polls.

Justice Lifu ordered INEC not to make the certified voters register available to RSIEC, pending when the relevant laws were complied with.

He further barred RSIEC from accepting any voters register from INEC or using the same for the purpose of the LG polls.

Acekidc4:
Emperor Wike is whipping Stubborn Boy Fubara mercilessly. He is gonna learn the hard way💯😎

richmond500:
have seen comments of people who do not understand the case, here is what happened.

Governor Fubara had withdrawn the case yesterday against Martins Amewhule and others, by this withdrawal, it shows that the appeal court judgement that Amaewhule is the authentic speaker still stands and Fubara was fined N2m.
You may want to ask why the governor withdraw the case? Ofcos now there is another case in federal high court in Rivers state following the defection of the speakers, Supreme court has nothing to do with this case, cos the case today was about authentic speaker and not defection.
So in the coming days, expect the federal court to sack Amaewhule and his friends, and if this judgement happens, it automatically means the supreme court ruling will not be obeyed.

The case is far from over

Putindbutt:
Then it comes back to the Supreme court and Fubara loses again.

richmond500:
have seen comments of people who do not understand the case, here is what happened.

Governor Fubara had withdrawn the case yesterday against Martins Amewhule and others, by this withdrawal, it shows that the appeal court judgement that Amaewhule is the authentic speaker still stands and Fubara was fined N2m.
You may want to ask why the governor withdraw the case? Ofcos now there is another case in federal high court in Rivers state following the defection of the speakers, Supreme court has nothing to do with this case, cos the case today was about authentic speaker and not defection.
So in the coming days, expect the federal court to sack Amaewhule and his friends, and if this judgement happens, it automatically means the supreme court ruling will not be obeyed.

The case is far from over

Putindbutt:
Then it comes back to the Supreme court and Fubara loses again.

richmond500:
have seen comments of people who do not understand the case, here is what happened.

Governor Fubara had withdrawn the case yesterday against Martins Amewhule and others, by this withdrawal, it shows that the appeal court judgement that Amaewhule is the authentic speaker still stands and Fubara was fined N2m.
You may want to ask why the governor withdraw the case? Ofcos now there is another case in federal high court in Rivers state following the defection of the speakers, Supreme court has nothing to do with this case, cos the case today was about authentic speaker and not defection.
So in the coming days, expect the federal court to sack Amaewhule and his friends, and if this judgement happens, it automatically means the supreme court ruling will not be obeyed.

The case is far from over

Quelme:
Wike the wicked teaching online republic of Biafra/IPOB politics...

Gandrova:
Can you kindly show us where Fubara withdrawn the case?
And how he was fined?
Or you chooses to use Bet Naija permutations

richmond500:
have seen comments of people who do not understand the case, here is what happened.

Governor Fubara had withdrawn the case yesterday against Martins Amewhule and others, by this withdrawal, it shows that the appeal court judgement that Amaewhule is the authentic speaker still stands and Fubara was fined N2m.
You may want to ask why the governor withdraw the case? Ofcos now there is another case in federal high court in Rivers state following the defection of the speakers, Supreme court has nothing to do with this case, cos the case today was about authentic speaker and not defection.
So in the coming days, expect the federal court to sack Amaewhule and his friends, and if this judgement happens, it automatically means the supreme court ruling will not be obeyed.

The case is far from over

richmond500:
have seen comments of people who do not understand the case, here is what happened.

Governor Fubara had withdrawn the case yesterday against Martins Amewhule and others, by this withdrawal, it shows that the appeal court judgement that Amaewhule is the authentic speaker still stands and Fubara was fined N2m.
You may want to ask why the governor withdraw the case? Ofcos now there is another case in federal high court in Rivers state following the defection of the speakers, Supreme court has nothing to do with this case, cos the case today was about authentic speaker and not defection.
So in the coming days, expect the federal court to sack Amaewhule and his friends, and if this judgement happens, it automatically means the supreme court ruling will not be obeyed.

The case is far from over

tishbite43:
You're an arrogant illiterate

richmond500:
it will first go through appeal before supreme.
The case might last till the end of the tenure.
Fubara is still ahead

Righthussle:
Rivers people stand with Fubara.

Putindbutt:
Then it comes back to the Supreme court and Fubara loses again.

morrisono111:
Yusuf Ali, SAN, who announced appearance for Governor Siminalaye Fubara

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2025/02/supreme-court-reserves-judgement-on-appeals-seeking-to-nullify-rivers-lg-poll/#google_vignette

Putindbutt:
It won't take that long any more. It was because there were plethora of litigations that makes this one take this long, as soon as the SC settles them, then any suit thereafter becomes easy.