The Rivers State Judiciary
complex along Azikwe Road, Port Harcourt is under lock and key.
All the
entry and exit points of the Judiciary Complex have also been barricaded by a
yet to be identified group of people, mostly youths.
It is unknown if the barricade is
a form of protest because the group is yet to be identified.
Also, there is no presence of
security presence as of the time of filing this report.
In the meantime, lawyers,
litigants and judiciary staff have been left stranded.
However, feelers say this may not
be unconnected with the brawl between factions of the All Progressives Congress
in the State over the conduct of Local government Ward Congress of the party
billed for tomorrow, Saturday.
The Senator Magnus Abe-led group
of the APC had filled an application for orders to be made by the High Court in
Port Harcourt to stop the Congress.
In anticipation of what may
happen, the APC in Rivers yesterday issued a terse statement calling on all
concerned institutions to disregard any court process purportedly emanating
from the APC in the state.
In the statement signed by Rivers
APC Publicity Secretary, Chris Finebone, the party said, “Information reaching
us indicates that some individuals posing as members of the All Progressives
Congress, APC, in Rivers State have approached a Rivers State High Court to
seek injunction against the holding of local government and subsequent
Congresses in Rivers State. It has also come to our notice that the same
impostors have procured a lawyer to represent the APC in the phoney matter they
surreptitiously brought before a court.
“By this notice the All Progressives
Congress, APC, Rivers State Chapter, is hereby notifying the Rivers State and
Federal judiciaries and the general public that at no time was the APC served
any court process and at no time did the APC secure the services of any counsel
to handle such a matter in any court. The attempt at claiming a non-existing
court matter and the alleged appearance of a counsel on behalf of the APC with
briefing by the party is manifestly false, criminal and should be disregarded
and such persons arrested and prosecuted accordingly.
“The APC re-iterates that any
court or persons dealing with any such unauthorised person(s) do so at their
own risk as the Rivers State Chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, has
neither been served any court process nor briefed any lawyer to deal on any
such matter on the party’s behalf whatsoever.
“For the avoidance of doubt, the processes for
conducting the local government and other congresses have since commenced and
no action can, at this time, stop a process that is already ongoing.”
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