BREAKING: Automatic Victory For PDP, As Court Delivers Devastating Judgement Against APC, Ahead Of The 2019 Elections
The Court of Appeal sitting in Port Harcourt Division, on Wednesday, confirmed that the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State, will not field any Candidates during the 2019 general elections, when it dismissed the appeal filed by the factional Rivers State APC Governorship Candidate, Tonye Cole.
The Court of Appeal, Port Harcourt Division, also confirmed the judgment of Justice Chinwendu Nwogu, that Rivers State has no Ward Executives, Local Government Executives, and State Executives, as it dismissed the appeal filed by the sacked Rivers State APC Chairman, Mr. Ojukaye Flag Amachree.
The Court of Appeal Port Harcourt Division Special Panel, chaired by Justice Abubakar Yahaya, dismissed the two appeals, for lack of merit.
The third appeal which centred on the judgement by Justice Chinwendu Nwogu, was dismissed because it was filed out of time, and therefore statute barred.
Delivering his judgement, Justice Yahaya said that the appeal against the Justice Chinwendu Nwogu High Court judgement on the party Congress crisis lacks merit, adding that, the application for joinder failed to observe the 14 days rules of appeal.
While delivering judgement on the substantive appeal number CA/PH/198 that bothered on Justice Nwogu’s judgement, the Panel ruled that the Ojukaye faction failed to seek the leave of court, before appealing against the judgement.
Justice Yahaya ruled that the judgement delivered at the lower court, was a consent judgement, adding that, the Ojukaye faction should have done the needful legally, before approaching the court.
Counsel to Ibrahim Umar and 22 others, Mr. Patrick Luke, said that the rulings of the Court of Appeal confirm that the judgement by Justice Chinwendu Nwogu, remains valid and is still subsisting.
Counsel to Ojukaye Flag Amachree, Emenike Ebete, noted that the court heard the three matters, and in her wisdom arrived at the rulings confirming the judgment of Justice Chinwendu Nwogu.
He said: “Arguments were taken, but the court in its infinite wisdom held that in appeal 461, that is the substantive appeal, that the consent judgement of the High Court of Rivers State, and by provision of the Constitution, we ought to have sought leave of court to appeal against that consent judgement. That is their own decision, and they struck it out.”
It will be recalled, that on October 10, 2018, a High Court in Port Harcourt, nullified the nomination of Mr. Tonye Cole as the Governorship Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State, on the ground that his nomination is a function of illegality and unconstitutional acts.
The court also nullified the the Rivers State APC Senatorial, House of Representatives, and House of Assembly primaries, conducted on the premise of the illegal Ward Congresses.
The High Court further nullified all the elections of the Rivers APC Ward Executives, Local Government Executives, and State Executive Committee, that arose from the illegal Ward Congresses.
In a judgment delivered by Justice Chiwendu Nwogu, in a suit filed by Ibrahim Imah and 22 others against the APC, the court declared that the Ward Congresses of Rivers APC were illegal, because they were not conducted in line with the APC Guidelines and Constitution.
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The Court of Appeal, Port Harcourt Division, also confirmed the judgment of Justice Chinwendu Nwogu, that Rivers State has no Ward Executives, Local Government Executives, and State Executives, as it dismissed the appeal filed by the sacked Rivers State APC Chairman, Mr. Ojukaye Flag Amachree.
The Court of Appeal Port Harcourt Division Special Panel, chaired by Justice Abubakar Yahaya, dismissed the two appeals, for lack of merit.
The third appeal which centred on the judgement by Justice Chinwendu Nwogu, was dismissed because it was filed out of time, and therefore statute barred.
Delivering his judgement, Justice Yahaya said that the appeal against the Justice Chinwendu Nwogu High Court judgement on the party Congress crisis lacks merit, adding that, the application for joinder failed to observe the 14 days rules of appeal.
While delivering judgement on the substantive appeal number CA/PH/198 that bothered on Justice Nwogu’s judgement, the Panel ruled that the Ojukaye faction failed to seek the leave of court, before appealing against the judgement.
Justice Yahaya ruled that the judgement delivered at the lower court, was a consent judgement, adding that, the Ojukaye faction should have done the needful legally, before approaching the court.
Counsel to Ibrahim Umar and 22 others, Mr. Patrick Luke, said that the rulings of the Court of Appeal confirm that the judgement by Justice Chinwendu Nwogu, remains valid and is still subsisting.
Counsel to Ojukaye Flag Amachree, Emenike Ebete, noted that the court heard the three matters, and in her wisdom arrived at the rulings confirming the judgment of Justice Chinwendu Nwogu.
He said: “Arguments were taken, but the court in its infinite wisdom held that in appeal 461, that is the substantive appeal, that the consent judgement of the High Court of Rivers State, and by provision of the Constitution, we ought to have sought leave of court to appeal against that consent judgement. That is their own decision, and they struck it out.”
It will be recalled, that on October 10, 2018, a High Court in Port Harcourt, nullified the nomination of Mr. Tonye Cole as the Governorship Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State, on the ground that his nomination is a function of illegality and unconstitutional acts.
The court also nullified the the Rivers State APC Senatorial, House of Representatives, and House of Assembly primaries, conducted on the premise of the illegal Ward Congresses.
The High Court further nullified all the elections of the Rivers APC Ward Executives, Local Government Executives, and State Executive Committee, that arose from the illegal Ward Congresses.
In a judgment delivered by Justice Chiwendu Nwogu, in a suit filed by Ibrahim Imah and 22 others against the APC, the court declared that the Ward Congresses of Rivers APC were illegal, because they were not conducted in line with the APC Guidelines and Constitution.
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