Rivers: Court affirms orders nullifying APC congresses

The Court of Appeal has upheld a high court order nullifying the Rivers APC ward, local government, and state congresses that produced the Tony Okocha-led exco loyal to FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike.

Recall that Okocha had filed an appeal at the appellate court against the ex parte order of the High Court, which barred the APC from conducting its congresses in the state.

According to Okocha, the High Court had no jurisdiction in the matter and, as such, was not empowered to make the said order.

But the Appeal Court, in a decision delivered by Justice Elfreida Williams-Dawodu JCA, affirmed the jurisdiction of the High Court in issuing that order and threw out the appeal for want of competence.

Meanwhile, the Publicity Secretary of the Tony Okocha-led exco, Ikenga Chibike, has assured party members that there is no threat to the status of the exco pending the full trial of the matter.

He also added that the party lawyers will study the full judgment and advise on the next step.