Politics
Rivers Election: Supreme Court dismisses Magnus Abe’s appeal
The seven-man panel of the Supreme Court has struck out the appeal filed by Senator Magnus Abe.
Senator Abe in his suit sought the leave of the court to amend his notice of appeal on the Rivers State Governorship primaries.
He further prayed the court to make clarification on which of the two primary elections was authentic in the eyes of the law.
But the acting Chief Justice, Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, said that the notice of appeal filed by the Senator was defective and not in compliance with the order of the court.
Justice Kolawole Omotosho of the Federal High court in Port Harcourt had on January 7, nullified the direct and indirect primaries conducted by the two factions of the APC in the state while he also restrained the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from presenting Tonye Cole and Magnus Abe as governorship candidates in the general elections.
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