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Just In: Supreme Court Nullifies Rivers LG Elections

Just In: Supreme Court Nullifies Rivers LG Elections
  • PublishedFebruary 28, 2025

The Supreme Court has nullified the outcome of the Local Government air jordan 4 mars blackmon 2024 Elections that were held in Rivers State on October 5, 2024.

The apex court on Friday upheld an appeal air jordan 4 military blue 2024 that was brought before it by the All Progressives Congress, APC.

In a unanimous decision by a five-member panel led by Justice Uwani Abba-Aji, the court vacated the November 21, 2024, judgement of the Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal, which validated the elections.

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In its lead judgement that was delivered by Justice Jamilu Tukur, the Supreme Court held that there was no evidence to establish that the condition of precedents stipulated by section 150 (3) of the Electoral Act, 2010, was met before the election was conducted by the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commissioners, RSIEC.

The Supreme Court restored an earlier nike outlets sell jordan 1 verdict of the Federal High Court in Abuja, which barred the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, from releasing voters’ register to the RSIEC for the conduct of the LG polls.