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A sitting at the Court of Appeal in Port-Harcourt, Rivers state, was disrupted yesterday during an appeal filed by contending parties for the 2019 tickets of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Read below the press statement as issued by Rivers branch of APC. 

The Rivers State Chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) is shocked how two lawyers who are appointees of Gov. Nyesom Wike led PDP thugs to assault innocent witnesses in the Appeal Court of Justice Ali Gumel in Port-Harcourt yesterday.

Trouble started after the lawyers of Rivers State chapter of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presented their matter before the Justice Gumel appeal panel. Later, the court called the matter between the Rivers State Chapter of APC and Senator Magnus Abe. As counsels to parties announced their presence and presentations commenced, Barr. Chris Itamunala and Barr. Osima Ginah led a group of PDP thugs into the courtroom and they started attacking lawyers and witnesses claiming that the court should not sit in compliance with the ongoing NBA court boycott.

Our party members, who were eager to have our matter heard by the Appeal Panel, were not spared by the hoodlums. Apart from the Justices, the PDP thugs led by Itamunala and Ginah assaulted everyone in the courtroom. All appeals by Justice Ali Gumel and his colleagues fell on deaf ears as the thugs kept shouting that the sitting must not hold even as they continued the physical attack.

We recall that the previous day, the same thugs had invaded the court claiming to enforce the NBA court boycott. That fracas elicited strong words of condemnation from Justice Gumel.

“Lawyers are supposed to be keepers and protectors of laws but it is shameful that those who should protect the law and act as stakeholders in the quest for justice chose to desecrate the sanctity of the very temple of justice they are supposed to protect. It is sad,” Justice Gumel bemoaned.

As a political party, we condemn this assault on the judiciary as seen today. We believe that members of the press who witnessed the unfortunate incident will not be deterred in bringing it to the public space for the benefit of Nigerians. Equally we believe that well-meaning Nigerians will condemn this act of wanton assault and desecration of the judiciary by agents of Rivers State Government under the guise of enforcing NBA court boycott. We know that the main purpose of the assault was to cause an indefinite postponement of the hearing of APC matters by the Appeal Court with a view to scuttling APC presence on INEC ballot for the forthcoming elections.

We urge members of the judiciary not to fall for the cheap antics of Gov. Nyesom Wike, his agents and the PDP. We enjoin APC members to continue to remain law-abiding as we will surmount the present temporary hurdles by our opponents.

Chris Finebone
State Publicity Secretary

Watch the video of the incident below.

See more; https://www.nationalhelm.co/2019/01/apc-reacts-after-pdp-lawyers-led-thugs-to-disrupt-court-proceedings-in-rivers.html

Watch the video HERE.

O jewa me eng ...

Atiku: I will sell NNPC to my friends, don't they deserve to be rich?

khadira: Define corruption sir.

Atiku: Corruption is when you use government money to enrich your friends.

DSS should arrest the two stupid lawyers.

This is the kind of fight i expected 'coward' Ambode to do in Lagos. One thing l love about Wike is he takes the fight to APC's camp.

Magnus Abe is really a thorn in APC's flesh.

Forget talks, Wike is smarter than Amaechi

Picture below: Master game plan but already failed.

They are now using NBA in disguise.

Thuggery = PDP
THIEF THIEF = PDP
LOOTING = PDP
CORRUPTION = PDP
SHIELDING CORRUPTION = PDP
BRIBBERY = PDP
Everything about PDP is in the negative.
What the hell men!!!

alizma:
Do you know that each person will get 250,000 if Onnoghen's 1billion is to be shared among people in full Agege stadium which has 4,000 sitting capacity?

maybe you do not know that as big as God'swill Akpabio stadium is with 30,000 sitting capacity, each person will go home with 33,000 if the 1billion is to be shared among people in the stadium when it is at full capacity.

Ehn see typical zombie thinking, that's why all the billions/ loot recovered we no see wetin dem carry am do no infrastructure no company nothing nothing. Oh i just remembered because of this mentality you ended up with getting 10k tradermoni instead of the 250k you're proposing.. You're supporting rogues that are relooting the loots

A lawless country or state

Apc party of violence complaining about assault. Wonderful.


Apc has no structure. Even as a ruling party, they have factions in almost all the states in Nigeria.

Nigeria!!!

dainformant:
A sitting at the Court of Appeal in Port-Harcourt, Rivers state, was disrupted yesterday during an appeal filed by contending parties for the 2019 tickets of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Read below the press statement as issued by Rivers branch of APC. 

The Rivers State Chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) is shocked how two lawyers who are appointees of Gov. Nyesom Wike led PDP thugs to assault innocent witnesses in the Appeal Court of Justice Ali Gumel in Port-Harcourt yesterday.

Trouble started after the lawyers of Rivers State chapter of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presented their matter before the Justice Gumel appeal panel. Later, the court called the matter between the Rivers State Chapter of APC and Senator Magnus Abe. As counsels to parties announced their presence and presentations commenced, Barr. Chris Itamunala and Barr. Osima Ginah led a group of PDP thugs into the courtroom and they started attacking lawyers and witnesses claiming that the court should not sit in compliance with the ongoing NBA court boycott.

Our party members, who were eager to have our matter heard by the Appeal Panel, were not spared by the hoodlums. Apart from the Justices, the PDP thugs led by Itamunala and Ginah assaulted everyone in the courtroom. All appeals by Justice Ali Gumel and his colleagues fell on deaf ears as the thugs kept shouting that the sitting must not hold even as they continued the physical attack.

We recall that the previous day, the same thugs had invaded the court claiming to enforce the NBA court boycott. That fracas elicited strong words of condemnation from Justice Gumel.

“Lawyers are supposed to be keepers and protectors of laws but it is shameful that those who should protect the law and act as stakeholders in the quest for justice chose to desecrate the sanctity of the very temple of justice they are supposed to protect. It is sad,” Justice Gumel bemoaned.

As a political party, we condemn this assault on the judiciary as seen today. We believe that members of the press who witnessed the unfortunate incident will not be deterred in bringing it to the public space for the benefit of Nigerians. Equally we believe that well-meaning Nigerians will condemn this act of wanton assault and desecration of the judiciary by agents of Rivers State Government under the guise of enforcing NBA court boycott. We know that the main purpose of the assault was to cause an indefinite postponement of the hearing of APC matters by the Appeal Court with a view to scuttling APC presence on INEC ballot for the forthcoming elections.

We urge members of the judiciary not to fall for the cheap antics of Gov. Nyesom Wike, his agents and the PDP. We enjoin APC members to continue to remain law-abiding as we will surmount the present temporary hurdles by our opponents.

Chris Finebone
State Publicity Secretary

Watch the video of the incident below.

See more; https://www.nationalhelm.co/2019/01/apc-reacts-after-pdp-lawyers-led-thugs-to-disrupt-court-proceedings-in-rivers.html

Next time do not share the same picture twice.

Our Democracy is in Danger crew .what re you saying again??

Now, this is not an attack on our democracy. Our democracy is not in danger. They are simply obeying NBA directives. If APC does their own, our democracy is finished

oga stop this copy and paste and reason for a moment.
If truly the 1billion existed, what is stopping the efcc from doing their job?

alizma:
Do you know that each person will get 250,000 if Onnoghen's 1billion is to be shared among people in full Agege stadium which has 4,000 sitting capacity?

maybe you do not know that as big as God'swill Akpabio stadium is with 30,000 sitting capacity, each person will go home with 33,000 if the 1billion is to be shared among people in the stadium when it is at full capacity.

They will avoid this thread like plague.

I no see who dem assault for there
Apc is always taking things out of proportion

alizma:
Do you know that each person will get 250,000 if Onnoghen's 1billion is to be shared among people in full Agege stadium which has 4,000 sitting capacity?

maybe you do not know that as big as God'swill Akpabio stadium is with 30,000 sitting capacity, each person will go home with 33,000 if the 1billion is to be shared among people in the stadium when it is at full capacity.

If they share everything tinubu, Amaechi, onnoghen, buhari , Atiku, Obasanjo etc stolen wealth, Nigerians I mean every Nigeria will be rich and doing well.

If you sack your gate man and your wife is crying endlessly, know that something was between them.
Onnoghensuspension+PDP Madness..

alizma:
Do you know that each person will get 250,000 if Onnoghen's 1billion is to be shared among people in full Agege stadium which has 4,000 sitting capacity?

maybe you do not know that as big as God'swill Akpabio stadium is with 30,000 sitting capacity, each person will go home with 33,000 if the 1billion is to be shared among people in the stadium when it is at full capacity.

same goes for Buharus loot , Tinubu etc they are all thieves and should stop selective fight against corruption . their fight against corruption is corrupt

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alizma:
Do you know that each person will get 250,000 if Onnoghen's 1billion is to be shared among people in full Agege stadium which has 4,000 sitting capacity?

maybe you do not know that as big as God'swill Akpabio stadium is with 30,000 sitting capacity, each person will go home with 33,000 if the 1billion is to be shared among people in the stadium when it is at full capacity.

How much will each person get if we are to share Gandollar's own?

#TheCandidates
#AtikuObi
If you feel the host was biased, then you a mediocre.
Were you expecting her not to ask the intelligent questions? As usual, the supporters wanted an easy ride.
I wasn't impressed by the candidates just like I wasn't impressed with #BuhariOsibanjo. Everything they said that they want to achieve is what the present government is doing except the reduction of taxes and privatisation of NNPC.
I do not know the way he thinks but granting amnesty to looters will only encourage more public officials to loot. No real practical solution to the problems being faced. It's just a pity that majority of Nigerians still want to vote either APC or PDP

philfearon:
Thuggery = PDP
THIEF THIEF = PDP
LOOTING = PDP
CORRUPTION = PDP
SHIELDING CORRUPTION = PDP
BRIBBERY = PDP
Everything about PDP is in the negative.
What the hell men!!!

dis is the reason why the looters in PDP move to APC and became righteous no problem lets see what happen come next month.

ofcourse they will