Court Clears APC To Conduct Congresses In Rivers State

The High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has granted the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State, the grace to conduct congresses in the state.

The court struck out the petition filed before it by one Ibrahim Umar and twenty-two others against the APC.

The court also set aside the interim injunction obtained by the claimants on the 14th September 2019 which stopped the APC from conducting the congresses in Rivers State scheduled for 17th, 18th and 21st of last September.

The presiding Judge, Justice G.o. Ollor, while delivering his ruling stated that the court lacked the power to enforce and interpret the judgment of the court of coordinate jurisdiction.

The judge added that the interim order of injunction obtained by Ibrahim Umar and others was gotten without jurisdiction of the court.

Ollor decided to set aside the order and thereafter awarded one hundred thousand Naira as cost in favour of the APC.

The counsel to the claimants, while speaking to journalists on the ruling of the court, described the judgment as the beauty of justice but noted that he will appeal the judgment based on the instruction of his clients.

One of the counsels to APC, Jerome Williams, while reacting to the ruling described the judgment as a landmark that has given the party the opportunity to conduct congresses in the state.