Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High court in Port
Harcourt, Rivers State, has restrained the Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC) from presenting Tonye Cole and Magnus Abe as governorship
candidates in the general elections.
Justice Omotosho also nullified all direct and indirect
primaries conducted by both factions of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in
the state.
According to Omotosho, none of the primaries were conducted
according to the law. The judge noted that the INEC did not do well by
submitting names of candidates without consideration of previous court orders.
The APC in Rivers state has been enmeshed in serious crisis
after Magnus Abe decided to run for governor, a decision that did not go down
well with Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, who is backing the candidacy
of Tonye Cole.
