Tina Amanda
A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has adjourned till 1st of April for hearing into the Interlocutory Injunction seeking the cancellation of the entire process of the governorship and state assembly elections conducted in the state.
The case was instituted by the candidate of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, in Rivers State Precious Elekema against the Independent National Electoral Commission.
Elekema and State Chairman of the party in the are praying the court to compel INEC to cancel the entire electoral process and re-conduct fresh elections in the state.
When the matter was mentioned in court, the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, through its lawyer, M.S Awudo, filed a motion to be joined in the matter.
The Presiding Judge, Justice Henry Ochoma, after listening to the argument adjourned till 1st of April for a definite hearing of the applications and possible judgment on the motions.
