Friday, August 29, 2025 - A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has dismissed a motion ex parte seeking to stop the August 30 local government council elections in the state.
The Presiding Judge, Justice Stephen Jumbo, in his ruling
filed by a Port Harcourt based legal practitioner, Williams Abayomi-Stanley,
against President Bola Tinubu and Attorney General of the Federation, the
Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) and its chairman, said
the application lacked merit.
The judge, however, granted a motion for substituted service
to the defendants, directing that the conduct of the August 30 local
government council elections continue as scheduled, before adjourning the
matter till September 10, 2025, for hearing on the substantive suit.
Speaking outside the courtroom, counsel for the claimant,
Godsent Elewa, said his client approached the court to seek interpretation of a
section of RSIEC law and constitution of Nigeria as amended to know if the
president has the legal powers to appoint a chairman and members of RSIEC to
conduct local government council elections in the state.
Elewa welcomed the ruling of the court which granted one of
his motions and expressed readiness to continue with the proceeding on the
next adjourned date.
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