…Affirms the sack of Tony Okocha-led executives
A major twist has occurred in the ever-twisting case in the Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the Nyesom Wike-backed faction of the party which produced the candidates of the party has been nullified.
Recall that Godswill Obomanu of the Rivers State High Court had on December 20, 2024, nullified the Congresses conducted in Rivers state by the APC which purportedly produced Tony Okocha and his executives. This forced him and others to file Suit No CA/PH/523/2024 to upturn Obomanu’s judgment.
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Elfreida Oluwayemisi Williams-Dawodu of the Court of Appeal Port Harcourt Division, Friday upheld the decision of the Rivers State High Court nullifying the Congresses.
The Emeka Beke faction has been waiting in the wings for outcome of the appeal. A source in their camp said with this ruling, all decisions, correspondences, representations and communications made by the Okocha executives of the All Progressives Congress in Nigeria since December 20, 2024, are null, void and of no effect.
A major problem is that the Beke executive council did not conduct primaries, and did not contest the 2025 LGA election conducted during the state of emergency.
Efforts to reach the Okocha faction on the development proved abortive.
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