The Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital, on Monday nullified primaries conducted by both factions of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state.
The court also restrained the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from presenting Tonye Cole and Magnus Abe as candidates of the party in the 2019 elections in the state.
Tony Cole said to have won the party’s governorship primary was given a flag by Adams Oshiomhole, National APC Chairman during the party’s South South rally in Uyo on December 28.
Delivering judgment, Justice James Omotosho said none of the primaries were conducted according to the law.
