BEVERLY HILLS, January 07, (THEWILL) – A Federal High court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital, has given a judgement restraining the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from presenting Tonye Cole and Magnus Abe as governorship candidates in the general elections.
The court also nullified all direct and indirect primaries conducted by both factions of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state.
Justice James Omotosho, while delivering the judgement in Port Harcourt on Monday, said none of the primaries were conducted according to the law.
The judge noted that the INEC did not do well by submitting names of candidates without consideration of previous court orders.
One of the counsels to the APC factions however said told journalists that the judgement will be appealed at the Supreme Court.
The governorship and National Assembly elections is set to hold in March 2019.
