In all, four appeals were unanimously struck out by a five-man bench of the apex court led by Justice Olabode Rhodes-Vivour on Tuesday. The Justice Rhodes-Vivour-led panel had on Tuesday first struck out the appeal marked SC. 1333/2018 filed by the APC to challenge the Court of Appeal’s judgement that affirmed the verdict of the Federal High Court in Port Harcourt. Their appeals have no leg to stand on because the main appeal, SC. “The preliminary objection is sustained and the appeals, SC.

Source: Punch February 13, 2019 02:26 UTC