An Appeal Court panel sitting in Port Harcourt and led by Justice Isaiah Akeju, has adjourned sine die the appeal by the Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi’s faction of the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State (APC) to set aside the judgment of the state high court on the party’s congresses.
Recall that a Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, on January 7, barred the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, from fielding candidates of the APC in the 2019 general elections.
Justice Akeju adjourned sine die in the suit filed by Rotimi Amaechi’s faction of the APC against Ibrahim Umar and 22 others in the state challenging the Rivers State High Court order of May 11 and 30, 2018 which restrained the party from conducting wards, local government and state congresses pending the outcome of the decision of the Supreme Court on same matter.
However, counsel to Umar and 22 others, Henry Bello, applied for an adjournment of the matter pending the Supreme Court judgment on same matter fixed for January 21, this year.
The applicant’s lawyer, Joshua Olatoke, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), however did not oppose the adjournment.
Also, Olatoke, who represented Amaechi’s faction of the state APC, said: “The status quo remains. This matter was adjourned by special panel sine die pending the outcome of the appeal of Ibrahim Umar and others in the Supreme Court.”
