The Supreme Court has, for the second time, moved hearing in the four appeals on the Rivers state APC primaries, for the nomination of candidates for the 2019 general election.
Daily Post reports that on Thursday, the Apex Court shifted hearing to Monday, April 8th and Thursday, April 11th for a hearing.
The court adjourned hearing in the matters for various reasons, but mainly due to the absence of counsel to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), who was said to have missed his flight from Port Harcourt.
The Appeals are those of Senator Magnus Abe against INEC and others, Mr. Tonye Cole against Senator Magnus Abe, the All Progressive Congress against the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the last one seeking consolidation of all the pending appeals.
Abe, in his appeal, prayed the Supreme Court to make a pronouncement on the authenticity of the direct and indirect primaries of the APC in Rivers State, for the nomination of candidates.
When the matter came up, counsel to Senator Abe, Mr. Henry Bello, informed the Apex Court of his motion seeking to amend his appeal.
The matter was stalled as a result of the absence of the INEC counsel, who is the first respondent.
Although Bello sought an order to stand down the matter to enable the counsel, who was said to be airborne arrive, the Acting CJN who presided over the panel ruled that the apex court does not stand down matters for anybody or group.
This prompted the Acting CJN to adjourn the matter to Monday, April 8.
In the two other appeals by Cole, a factional governorship candidate of the APC and the party, Justice Mohammad shifted hearing in the matters to April 11 to enable parties file and exchange necessary processes.
However, in a fourth appeal by the APC seeking a consolidation of all existing appeals relating to the primary elections, the court adjourned the matter indefinitely for the party to regularise their processes.
