Supreme Court to decide Rivers APC leadership tussle March 5

The Supreme Court has fixed March 5 for judgment in the Rivers All Progressives Congress (APC) Caretaker Committee Chairmanship suit.

A chieftain of the APC, Igo Aguma, had filed the suit against the Court of Appeal judgment that set aside the decision of the High Court, which earlier declared him the chairman of the party in the state.

Justice Amina Augie, who led a five-member panel of justices, fixed the date after listening to the arguments of the parties in the matter.

The appeal court had sacked Aguma as the caretaker committee chairman of the APC and recognised Isaac Ogbobula, as the authentic caretaker committee leader.

It held that it was the exclusive right of the National Executive Committee of the APC under the party’s constitution to appoint a caretaker committee for any organ of the party.

But Aguma rejected the judgment, raising some issues, which he said vitiated the verdict of the court of appeal.

He questioned the jurisdiction of the court of appeal to entertain the matter.