2023: APC Tells Court to Disqualify All PDP Candidates in Rivers

Rivers–All Progressives Congress has sued the Independent National Electoral Commission, the Peoples Democratic Party, its governorship candidate, Sim Fubara, and thirty-one others to a Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, based on “non-compliance to the electoral act.”

The APC told the court to disqualify all candidates of the PDP for 2023 general elections for “delaying” to present the register containing the names of their candidates to the Independent National Electoral Commission within thirty days as according to the law.

The party again wants the court to disqualify all PDP candidates in the state for not properly signing the letter containing the names of the candidates before forwarding it.

During the court sitting on
Thursday, counsel to APC, CC Dike moved a motion for substituted service to all the respondents.

The court granted the above order by allowing the complainant to serve the respondents by pasting the court processes on their building.

Presiding Judge, Justice, Ayuah Phoebe adjourned the case till Aug. 31 2022 for hearing.

Before then, he directed the complainant to effect service to the respondents before reappearing in court.