The Supreme Court has upheld the position of the High court in Port Harcourt nullifying the primaries of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State.
A panel of five justices, presided by Justice Mohammed Dattijo on Friday, overruled the objection of the Tonye Cole-led faction of the APC that it had earlier withdrawn from the appeal against the court’s ruling.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had been asked by the Rivers chapter of the APC to postpone elections in the state.
The APC in Rivers State had been disqualified by the electoral commission, from taking part in the elections in the state, over the crisis which affected the party’s primaries.
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Following the crisis, two factions of the part emerged in the state; one led by the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, and the other led by Sen. Magnus Abe.
The Director of Strategic Communications for the Tonye Cole campaign, Tonye Princewill, said it would be an “exercise in futility” to conduct the elections without the APC.
