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APC WINS IN RIVERS STATES
the appeal court today has granted a stay... Details later..

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APC WINS IN RIVERS STATES

the appeal court today has granted a stay... Details later..

BREAKING: Appeal Court
Gives INEC Green Light To
Accept APC Candidate In
Rivers
When IEC released its list of candidates
for the general election last week, it
omiited APC in Rivers, based on the ruling
of the High Court. However, it said it
would wait to see if the Appeal Court
would give a different ruling on the
controversy, which has now happened.
The Court of Appeal sitting in Port Harcourt,
capital of Rivers State, has granted stay of
execution of the lower court's judgement
nulifying all primaries of the All Progressives
Congress (APC) in RIvers State and restraining
the Independent National Electoral Commission
(INEC) from fielding the party's candidates in
the forthcoming general election.
In January, Justice Kolawole Omotosho of the
Federal High Court in Port Harcourt had nullified
both the direct and indirect primaries conducted
by two factions of the party. He also restrained
INEC from recognising any candidates of the
APC for the 2019 general election in the state.
While a faction of the party loyal to former
Governor Rotimi Ameachi had produced Tonye
Cole as its candidate from its primary, the other
loyal to Senator Magnus Abe produced him as
its own candidate.

The national secretariat of the party recognised
Cole as the authentic candidate of the party
and forwarded his name to INEC.
Ruling on a suit filed by Abe, the court
observed that both the direct and indirect
primaries were held during the pendency of the
suit at the Rivers State High Court. Omotosho
held that the APC conducted the indirect
primaries in gross disrespect of the pending suit
before the court.
The court therefore held that the names sent by
the Amaechi faction and the National Working
Committee of the APC to INEC for the 2019
general elections were illegal and should be
disregarded.
When IEC released its list of candidates for the
general election last week, it omiited APC in
Rivers, based on the ruling of the High Court.
However, it said it would wait to see if the
Appeal Court would give a different ruling on
the controversy, which has now happened.