Abuja court can’t stop Rivers LG poll, says Fubara

Oct. 1, 2024 - Punch Newspapers

Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, on Monday, insisted that the forthcoming local government election scheduled for October 5, 2024, will be held as scheduled. He, therefore, ordered INEC not to release the certified voter register to RSIEC until the law had been fully complied with.

He further barred RSIEC from accepting any voter register from INEC or using it for the October 5 poll. “What is important to me is the interest of Rivers State, that it has to be alive.

Nnadi called on the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho, to intervene and prevent the court from becoming a platform for politicians to obtain judgments and orders like commodities...