The Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has nullified all the primary elections conducted by the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State.
POLITICS NIGERIA reports that the judge, Justice E A Obile, issued the verdict on Tuesday.
It would be recalled that some aggrieved APC members loyal to the governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Senator Magnus Abe, had approached the Court challenging the conduct of the primary election with claims of exclusion from the delegates lists.
Bothered by the judgement, Darlington Nwauju, the spokesperson of the Rivers APC, said in a statement: “We believe the appellate court shall treat the matter dispassionately and deliver justice because this is not an action against the primaries of our party but an attempt at challenging the composition of our delegates list.
“We assure River people that the attempt to rehash the 2019 episode in Rivers is already dead on arrival.
“Nothing will stop APC Rivers from being on the ballot in 2023.
“Supreme court has decided on a plethora of cases affirming that political parties are their own operating authorities and can regulate own internal affairs.
“The subject matter for which Justice Obile granted reliefs of the plaintiffs is entire our internal affairs.”
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