Orbih he added, could not attend the sitting because he was before the Court of Appeal, Port Harcourt division in a matter that was abruptly adjourned on Tuesday to Wednesday. “That as at 3rd October 1986 there was no local Government Area known as Obio /Akpor in existence in Rivers State. That the certificate of birth (Statutory Declaration of Age), purportedly sworn to and issued at the High/Magistrate’s Court Registry, Port Harcourt allegedly bears the stamp of the Judiciary Probate Registry, Port Harcourt. According to the plaintiff, “there was no Court Registry, whether in 1986 or afterwards known as High/Magistrate Court Registry Port Harcourt. No such Registry existed or exists anywhere in Port Harcourt or Rivers State”.

Source: Nigerian Tribune February 06, 2019 18:33 UTC