{"id":77574,"date":"2022-12-07T19:17:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-07T18:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/you-can-contest-in-next-years-election-court-to-apc-candidates-in-rivers"},"modified":"2022-12-07T19:17:00","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T18:17:00","slug":"you-can-contest-in-next-years-election-court-to-apc-candidates-in-rivers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/you-can-contest-in-next-years-election-court-to-apc-candidates-in-rivers","title":{"rendered":"You can contest in next year\u2019s election \u2013 Court to APC candidates in Rivers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has ruled that the National Assembly candidates of the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State can take part in the 2023 general elections.<\/p>\n

The Peoples Democratic Party in Rivers State had filed a suit seeking the court to disqualify the APC National Assembly candidates for alleged non-compliance with the Electoral Act in the conduct of the party primaries.<\/p>\n

The PDP prayed the court to direct the Independent National Electoral Commission to delist the names of the APC candidates from the election.<\/p>\n

But the presiding judge, Justice Turaki Muhammed on Wednesday struck out the matter for lacking in merits.<\/p>\n

The judge also premised his ruling on a court rule that requires the lower court to refrain from matters that have been decided by the appellate court.<\/p>\n

The judge also premised his judgement on a decision of the Court of Appeal in Port Harcourt which upturned his earlier judgement on a similar matter.<\/p>\n

The lawyer to the APC, Emenike Ebete said the judgement has given the APC candidates the freedom to take part in the elections next year.<\/p>\n

Counsel to PDP declined to comment on the judgement.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Nigeria<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has ruled that the National Assembly candidates of the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State can take part in the 2023 general elections. The Peoples Democratic Party in Rivers State had filed a suit seeking the court to disqualify the APC National Assembly candidates […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":77573,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,16],"tags":[1570,2140,34,69,254],"class_list":["post-77574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-parties","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-apc","tag-court","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"\nYou can contest in next year\u2019s election \u2013 Court to APC candidates in Rivers - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/you-can-contest-in-next-years-election-court-to-apc-candidates-in-rivers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"You can contest in next year\u2019s election \u2013 Court to APC candidates in Rivers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa-Press – Nigeria. A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has ruled that the National Assembly candidates of the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State can take part in the 2023 general elections. The Peoples Democratic Party in Rivers State had filed a suit seeking the court to disqualify the APC National Assembly candidates […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/you-can-contest-in-next-years-election-court-to-apc-candidates-in-rivers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-12-07T18:17:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2022\/12\/postQueueImg_1670428024.11.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"554\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/you-can-contest-in-next-years-election-court-to-apc-candidates-in-rivers#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/you-can-contest-in-next-years-election-court-to-apc-candidates-in-rivers\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"You can contest in next year\u2019s election \u2013 Court to APC candidates in Rivers\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-12-07T18:17:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/you-can-contest-in-next-years-election-court-to-apc-candidates-in-rivers\"},\"wordCount\":218,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/you-can-contest-in-next-years-election-court-to-apc-candidates-in-rivers#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2022\/12\/postQueueImg_1670428024.11.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"APC\",\"court\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Parties\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/you-can-contest-in-next-years-election-court-to-apc-candidates-in-rivers#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/you-can-contest-in-next-years-election-court-to-apc-candidates-in-rivers\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/you-can-contest-in-next-years-election-court-to-apc-candidates-in-rivers\",\"name\":\"You can contest in next year\u2019s election \u2013 Court to APC candidates in Rivers - Nigeria\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/you-can-contest-in-next-years-election-court-to-apc-candidates-in-rivers#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/you-can-contest-in-next-years-election-court-to-apc-candidates-in-rivers#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2022\/12\/postQueueImg_1670428024.11.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-12-07T18:17:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/you-can-contest-in-next-years-election-court-to-apc-candidates-in-rivers#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/you-can-contest-in-next-years-election-court-to-apc-candidates-in-rivers\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/you-can-contest-in-next-years-election-court-to-apc-candidates-in-rivers#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2022\/12\/postQueueImg_1670428024.11.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2022\/12\/postQueueImg_1670428024.11.jpg\",\"width\":720,\"height\":554,\"caption\":\"You can contest in next year\u2019s election \u2013 Court to APC candidates in Rivers\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/you-can-contest-in-next-years-election-court-to-apc-candidates-in-rivers#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"You can contest in next year\u2019s election \u2013 Court to APC candidates in Rivers\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\",\"name\":\"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"You can contest in next year\u2019s election \u2013 Court to APC candidates in Rivers - Nigeria","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/you-can-contest-in-next-years-election-court-to-apc-candidates-in-rivers","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"You can contest in next year\u2019s election \u2013 Court to APC candidates in Rivers","og_description":"Africa-Press – Nigeria. A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has ruled that the National Assembly candidates of the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State can take part in the 2023 general elections. The Peoples Democratic Party in Rivers State had filed a suit seeking the court to disqualify the APC National Assembly candidates […]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/you-can-contest-in-next-years-election-court-to-apc-candidates-in-rivers","og_site_name":"Nigeria","article_published_time":"2022-12-07T18:17:00+00:00","og_image":[{"width":720,"height":554,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2022\/12\/postQueueImg_1670428024.11.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/you-can-contest-in-next-years-election-court-to-apc-candidates-in-rivers#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/you-can-contest-in-next-years-election-court-to-apc-candidates-in-rivers"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"You can contest in next year\u2019s election \u2013 Court to APC candidates in Rivers","datePublished":"2022-12-07T18:17:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/you-can-contest-in-next-years-election-court-to-apc-candidates-in-rivers"},"wordCount":218,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/you-can-contest-in-next-years-election-court-to-apc-candidates-in-rivers#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2022\/12\/postQueueImg_1670428024.11.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Nigeria","APC","court","Nigeria"],"articleSection":["all news","Parties"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/you-can-contest-in-next-years-election-court-to-apc-candidates-in-rivers#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/you-can-contest-in-next-years-election-court-to-apc-candidates-in-rivers","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/you-can-contest-in-next-years-election-court-to-apc-candidates-in-rivers","name":"You can contest in next year\u2019s election \u2013 Court to APC candidates in Rivers - Nigeria","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/you-can-contest-in-next-years-election-court-to-apc-candidates-in-rivers#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/you-can-contest-in-next-years-election-court-to-apc-candidates-in-rivers#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2022\/12\/postQueueImg_1670428024.11.jpg","datePublished":"2022-12-07T18:17:00+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/you-can-contest-in-next-years-election-court-to-apc-candidates-in-rivers#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/you-can-contest-in-next-years-election-court-to-apc-candidates-in-rivers"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/you-can-contest-in-next-years-election-court-to-apc-candidates-in-rivers#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2022\/12\/postQueueImg_1670428024.11.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2022\/12\/postQueueImg_1670428024.11.jpg","width":720,"height":554,"caption":"You can contest in next year\u2019s election \u2013 Court to APC candidates in Rivers"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/you-can-contest-in-next-years-election-court-to-apc-candidates-in-rivers#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"You can contest in next year\u2019s election \u2013 Court to APC candidates in Rivers"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/","name":"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77574\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}