The Supreme Court in Abuja will today, Monday, January 15, hear the appeal filed by the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers state, Patrick Tonye-Cole, against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Governor Siminalayi Fubara.
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This is as every electoral legal matter is expected to end on Tuesday, January 16, 2024.
Tonye-Cole had filed an appeal against Fubara that he did not resign as Accountant General of the state within the deadline stipulated by the constitution and the Electoral Act.
Hence, Tonye-Cole is insisting that Fubara was not qualified to contest the election, let alone be declared winner of the election by INEC.
This, among other pleas of the APC candidate, is what the apex court will consider later today.
Details shortly…