Rivers Crisis: Fubara 1 Wike 1 As Appeal Court Strikes Out Pro-Wike LG Chairmen’s Suit

The Court of Appeal sitting in Port Harcourt has dismissed two appeals instituted by Local Government Chairmen loyal to the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike.

The appeals, marked CA/PH/137M/2024 and CA/PH/145M/2024, were filed by Enyiada Cookey-Gam and six others.

They were challenging the decisions of the High Court regarding the elongation of their tenure.

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The Court, while delivering its ruling on Monday, found the appeals to be without merit and consequently struck them out.

The chairmen of the local government councils were vacated from office on June 17 at the expiration of their three-year tenure.

The three-man Appeal Court panel, presided over by Justice B. B. Aliyu, upheld the decision of the High Court, refused the extension of the tenures of the Chairmen whose positions expired in June and dismissed the case for lack of merit.

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The Court of Appeal found the appeals to be without merit and consequently struck them out.