The names of candidates of the All Progressive Congress (APC) are missing out again, as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) released a final list of governorship and House of Assembly candidates in Rivers State. The names of candidates of the All Progressive Congress (APC) are missing out again, as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) released a final list of governorship and House of Assembly candidates in Rivers State. Delivering the ruling at the court presided over by Justice Kolawole Omotosho, the presiding judge held that both primaries of APC were not conducted according to the law. Earlier before his judgement, Justice Omotosho, who had restrained the INEC from recognising Tonye Cole and Magnus Abe as governorship candidates of the APC in the general elections, voided the APC primaries saying they were not conducted as provided by the law. But following the court judgement, the Resident Electoral Commissioner in Rivers, Obo Effanga, insisted that the electoral umpire would always obey court injunctions, the reason the electoral body is not recognising APC candidates in the coming polls.

Source: Nigerian Tribune January 31, 2019 16:33 UTC