The hope of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to field candidates for the 2019 general election in Rivers state was on Tuesday dashed as the Supreme Court struck out the appeal filed by the party. The Supreme Court consequently struck out the appeal for being status barred and having becoming an academic exercise. This prompted the group to approach the Supreme Court to reverse the decision. The Supreme Court however in its judgement insisted that the matter was a pre-election matter and that the appeal was filed out of time. Justice Augie said from available records the appellants were not parties at the trial Court as well as the Court of Appeal and as such cannot get remedy from the Supreme Court.

Source: Nigerian Tribune February 12, 2019 10:30 UTC