A Rivers State High Court, sitting in Port Harcourt, has dismissed a motion on notice seeking leave to appeal as an interested party in the suit filed by William Fialasoika and twenty-four others against the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) over the party’s congresses in the state.
The sacked PDP Rivers State Chairman, Chukwuemeka Aaron, had filed the motion on behalf of those purportedly elected as state executives.
Also included were Oye Fubara Igenewari, representing those elected as local government executives, and ThankGod Beke, representing ward executives.
They sought the court’s permission to appeal the judgment that removed them from office as interested parties.
In his ruling on Friday, Justice Stephen Jumbo dismissed the application because the PDP, as the defendant in the original suit, had already filed an appeal against the judgment that nullified the congresses.
On January 13, 2025, the same court, presided over by Justice Jumbo, sacked the PDP’s state, local government, and ward executives led by Aaron after declaring the congresses that brought them into office null and void.
