{"id":64732,"date":"2019-02-12T14:45:20","date_gmt":"2019-02-12T13:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=64732"},"modified":"2019-02-12T14:45:20","modified_gmt":"2019-02-12T13:45:20","slug":"elections-2019-supreme-court-shuts-door-against-rivers-apc-dismisses-appeal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/elections-2019-supreme-court-shuts-door-against-rivers-apc-dismisses-appeal\/","title":{"rendered":"ELECTIONS 2019:\u00a0Supreme Court Shuts Door Against Rivers APC, Dismisses Appeal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"m_7339116794533927540yiv4695461232ydp4a53f109yahoo-style-wrap\">\n<div>The ruling APC party will not be fielding any candidate in the forthcoming gubernatorial elections in Rivers State.<\/div>\n<div class=\"m_7339116794533927540yiv4695461232ydp4a53f109signature\">\n<p>The Supreme Court Tuesday\u00a0dismissed the appeal filed by the Rivers state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on the 2019 elections.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Olabode Rhodes-Vivour-led bench of the apex court struck out one of the appeals by the APC after upholding the preliminary objection filed against it by a group of 22 members of the party loyal to Senator Magnus Abe in the state.<\/p>\n<div class=\"m_7339116794533927540yiv4695461232ydp5aab2e0fjeg_ad m_7339116794533927540yiv4695461232ydp5aab2e0fjeg_ad_article m_7339116794533927540yiv4695461232ydp5aab2e0fjnews_content_inline_ads\">\n<div class=\"m_7339116794533927540yiv4695461232ydp5aab2e0fads-wrapper m_7339116794533927540yiv4695461232ydp5aab2e0falign-right\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Delivering the lead ruling of the five-man bench of the apex court on the APC\u2019s appeal on Tuesday, Justice Amir Sanusi said the preliminary objection by the respondents was meritorious.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ruling APC party will not be fielding any candidate in the forthcoming gubernatorial elections in Rivers State. 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