A five-man panel of Judges of the Supreme Court has issued a judgment
upholding the nullification of the primaries of the All Progressives
Congress in Rivers State.
On January 7, 2019, a Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers
State, nullified the primaries conducted by the two factions of the All
Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State. In the judgment, the court
also restrained the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from
presenting Tonye Cole, Magnus Abe and other candidates of the APC in the
2019 governorship election in the state.
However, on February 4, 2019, the Court of Appeal sitting in Port Harcourt
granted stay of execution of the Federal High Court’s judgement.
Sequel to that the Cole APC faction had taken the case to the Supreme Court.
At the hearing presided by Justice Mohammed Dattijo on Friday, the Supreme
Court dismissed the suit, and upheld the judgment of the Federal High
Court.