Court Nullifies All Direct And Indirect APC Primaries In Rivers, Stops Party From Contesting 2019 Elections

The Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt and presided by Justice Kolawole Omotosho has stated that the Direct and indirect primaries of the Rivers State APC are illegal, null and void.

It has therefore restrained the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from recognising any candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC ) for the 2019 General elections in Rivers State .

The court ruled specifically that the APC cannot participate in the Governorship, Senate, House of Representatives and House of Assembly elections during the 2019 polls in Rivers State and nullified all nominations of the APC in Rivers State for the forthcoming elections in 2019.

Ruling on the suit filed by Senator Magnus Abe and others versus Rivers APC and others, Justice Omotosho declared that the APC failed to respect the law and must bear the consequences of her disobedience of the law.

The court said the APC conducted the indirect primaries in gross disrespect of the pending suit before Justice Chinwendu Nwogu of the Rivers State High Court and noted that the judgment of Justice Chinwendu Nwogu that nullified the primaries of the APC in Rivers State is yet to be set aside by an appellate court.

This means the names sent by the Amaechi faction and the National Working Committee of the APC to INEC for the 2019 General elections were illegal and should be disregarded