Again, a repeat of 2019 has re-echoed in Rivers State as Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State nullifies all the primaries conducted by All Progressive Congress (APC) in the state.
Some Aggrieved APC Members loyal to the Governorship Candidate of SDP, Senator Magnus Abe had approached the Court Challenging the Conduct of Primary with Claims of Exclusion from Delegate primaries conducted in the State.
One George Orlu and four others, who claimed to have purchased nomination forms, approached the court requesting that the primaries of APC should be nullified following their exclusion.
The court ruled that the persons were unlawfully excluded from the APC primaries.
Justice E.A. Obile held that the aggrieved persons were shut out of the primaries unlawfully, describing the process as a nullity.
He ruled that all those elected from the APC primaries stood nullified and should not be recognised as candidates.
Meanwhile, the APC which confirmed the judgement on Tuesday, described it as dead on arrival.
Rivers APC spokesperson, Darlington Nwauju, said the Supreme Court had in plethora of cases declared political parties as their own Chief Executive Officers and could regulate their own affairs.
He said the subject matter, which formed the fulcrum of the judgement was an internal matter describing the court’s decision as a travesty of justice.