Rivers State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has described as a ‘welcome development’ the nullification of the Local Government Council election in the state by the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Thursday.
Reacting to the double court victory recorded by the party with the striking out of the All Progressives Congress, (APC)’s application of withdrawal by Honourable Justice Bello Quadri in one of the suits and the dissolution of the illegal Council Chairmen and Councillors by Honourable Justice Lambo Akanbi, all of the Federal High Court, Port Harcourt, through a statement by his Special Adviser on Media, Jerry Needam, the Chairman of the Rivers State chapter of the party, Bro Felix Obuah, also commended the leadership and members of the party for ‘their calm disposition while the litigation lasted despite all acts of intimidation and brigandage by the APC to provoke them.’
The PDP chieftain further noted that by this impartial judgement, the judiciary has ‘once more strengthened the confidence and trust of the people in the Nigerian judiciary as the last hope of the common man’
Thanking God for vindicating the party’s position that there was no council election in the State, Bro Obuah stressed that the court victory is not only for the PDP but also the entire Rivers people who are the beneficiaries of the sanity and rules of law that have been ushered in by the council election nullification
He however appealed for calm and co-operation from all, saying that the Nyesom Wike led-government is ‘humane and capable of instituting a legacy that will serve the general good of all Rivers people being the Governor of Rivers State and not Governor of PDP.’
