Appeal Court Delays Judgement in Legal Battle over Rivers Assembly Crisis
An important verdict is yet to be delivered by the Appeal Court in Port Harcourt in a legal dispute brought forth by Anabs Sara-Igbe and others against a previous ruling made by Justice Chinwendu Nworgu of the Rivers State High Court.
The previous ruling had dismissed their case against President Bola Tinubu, Governor Siminalayi Fubara, Martin Amaewhule, and two others citing lack of jurisdiction.
The three-judge panel, led by Justice Elfreda Oluwayamisi-Dawodu, has opted to reserve the judgement for a later undisclosed date. This decision was made following the adoption of final written arguments by the parties involved.
During the adoption proceedings, Wilcox Agberetor, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, representing the claimants, pushed for the appeal to be granted, proposing that the m...