The Court of Appeal in Port Harcourt has set aside the Federal High Court’s 2015 judgment that nullified the election of local government chairmen elected under the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The legal dispute began when the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and then-Governor Nyesom Wike challenged the validity of the local government elections held before Wike took office. The Federal High Court ruled in favor of the PDP, removing the elected chairmen from office. However, the affected chairmen, who were not joined in the case, appealed the decision.
Delivering judgment on Friday, a three-member panel led by Justice A. H. Lager-Balogun faulted the Federal High Court for failing to consider jurisdictional issues and for excluding the affected chairmen, despite the direct impact of the ruling on them. The Appeal Court declared the previous judgment null and void but refrained from issuing consequential orders regarding the 23 local government councils.
James Kalu-Momg, counsel to the embattled chairmen, stated that they would review the judgment before determining their next legal steps. Meanwhile, one of the affected chairmen, Reginald Ukwuoma, argues that they should resume office, pointing to the vacancy at the local government secretariats following a recent Supreme Court ruling.
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