Court of Appeal Governorship Election Appeal Panel sitting in Port Harcourt, has set aside the judgement of Rivers State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in Port Harcourt, which dismissed the petition of the gubernatorial candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Biokpomaba Awara, for abandoning their petition.
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The five-man panel consequently directed parties in the case to return to the tribunal to hear the matter on its merit.
In a unanimous judgement delivered yesterday, by the Lead judge, Justice J.O. Bada, the appeal panel disclosed that the appellant did no harm for requesting to regularize and separate the suit.
On the second appeal by the Awara, on the consent judgement and preliminary objections by respondents, the five-man appeal panel also in a unanimous judgement, set aside the judgement of tribunal, saying that the tribunal erred.
The court held that the position of Supreme Court on the case of the All Progressives Congress and Abraham Umar and 22 others, on which the first respondentâs counsel, Henry Bello, and others depended their arguments, was different from the matter on contention and thereby struck it out.
The court, therefore, ordered that parties should return to the tribunal to hear the matter on its merit.
Speaking outside the court room, counsel for AAC governorship candidate, David Adebe, after explaining the issues in contention, expressed joy over the judgement of the Appeal Court.
Counsel representing the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Davies Woyike, said the commission would abide by the decision of the court, except the other respondents in the matter, say otherwise.
Counsels for the Peopleâs Democratic Party (PDP), Emma Ukala, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Governor Nyesom Wike, Godwin Obla (SAN) and AAC, Henry Bello, declined to speak on the matter.
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