The Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC) has released a final List
of Governorship and House of Assembly
candidates in Rivers State.
According to our correspondent in the
state, absent on the list were the names of
candidates of the All Progressives
Congress (APC).
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INEC had on Thursday, January 17,
released a list signed by the commission’s
secretary, Rose Orianran-Anthony and
while candidates of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP), Social Democratic
Party (SDP), and Labour Party among
others made the list, those of the All
Progressives Congress (APC) were
excluded.
A Federal High court in Port Harcourt, the
state capital had nullified the direct and
indirect primaries conducted by the two
factions of the APC in Rivers.
The court presided over by Justice
Kolawole Omotosho held that both
primaries were not conducted according to
the law.
Justice Omotosho had also restrained the
electoral body from recognising Tonye Cole
and Magnus Abe as governorship
candidates of the APC in the general
elections.
Senator Abe was declared the winner of a
direct governorship primary conducted by a
faction of the party in 2018 after polling
144, 929 votes.
But Cole emerged the winner of an indirect
primary held by another faction with 3,329
votes.
Following the rulings. the Resident
Electoral Commissioner in Rivers, Obo
Effanga, insisted that the electoral umpire
would always obey court injunctions .
Below are more photos of the Final list
released in Rivers state today.
Source:
www.channelstv.com/2019/01/31/
inec-releases-final-list-of-candidates-in-
rivers-apc-absent-again/
