Court orders INEC to incorporate APC candidates in the imminent general election in Rivers state.

Back in January, the Federal High Court in Port Harcourt had invalidated both the direct and indirect primaries conducted by two factions of the party. Additionally limiting INEC from recognizing any candidates of the APC for the 2019 general election in the state.

While a faction of the party loyal to former Governor Rotimi Ameachi had delivered Tonye Cole as its candidates from their primary, the other loyal to Senator Magnus Abe produced his own candidate. The national secretariat of the party recognized Cole as the bona fide candidate of the party and sent his name to INEC.

Ruling on a suit filed by Abe, the court observed that both the direct and indirect primaries were held during the pendency of the suit at the Rivers State High Court. Omotosho held that the APC directed the aberrant primaries in gross irreverence of the pending suit before the court.

The court thus held that the names sent by the Amaechi group and the National Working Committee of the APC to INEC for the 2019 general election were illicit and ought to be slighted. At the point when INEC discharged its rundown of possibility for the general elecion a week ago, it omiited APC in Rivers, in light of the decision of the High Court. In any case, it said it would wait to see if the Appeal Court would give a different ruling on the controversy, which has now happened.

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