Fubara wins as Appeal Court upholds Rivers local govt elections

The Court of Appeal in Abuja has upheld the Rivers State Local Government elections conducted by Governor Siminalayi Fubara’s administration.

This was contained in a judgement given by the appellate court on Thursday while overturning a Federal High Court judgement that ruled against the council election.

The election, which took place weeks ago, saw the pro-Fubara Action Peoples Party (APP) emerged victorious in 22 of the 23 local government areas.

Dissatisfied with these results, the All Progressives Congress (APC) had approached the Federal High Court to nullify the process for alleged breach of Electoral Act and the party succcedded at the lower court.

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However, the appellate court later determined that the lower court lacked jurisdiction to hear the case presented by the All Progressives Congress (APC).

The court also held that the Electoral Act is not applicable to local government elections.

In its ruling, the Court of Appeal stated that the Federal High Court did not have the jurisdiction to entertain the appeal filed by the APC against the conduct of the local government election in Rivers State.

The court further clarified that the Electoral Act, which governs the conduct of elections in Nigeria, does not apply to local government elections.

(SAHARAREPORTERS)