The Supreme Court has dismissed
the appeal filed by the Rivers state chapter of the All Progressives Congress
(APC) on the 2019 elections.
A five-man panel headed by
Olabode Rhodes-Vivour, struck out the appeal filed by the faction of the party
headed by Rotimi Amaechi, minister of transportation, on Tuesday.
Amir Sanusi, a member of the
panel, said the apex court will give reasons for striking out the suit, at a
yet to be known date.
However, the court is yet to rule
on three pending appeals on the APC primaries in the state.
Amaechi faction had challenged
the judgment of a high court in Rivers which barred the party from conducting
primaries to nominate candidates to represent the party in the forthcoming
elections.
The high court judgement was
based on a suit filed by the Rivers APC faction led by Magnus Abe, a serving
senator.
Abe had asked the court to annul
the congresses and primaries which the rival faction conducted.
Relying on the judgment, the
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) failed to enlist candidates of
the party for the governorship, national and state assembly elections.
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