The Court also overturned the June 10, 2020 judgment of the Rivers State High Court in Port Harcourt, which installed Igho Aguma as the leader of APC in the state and sacked the Ogbobula-led committee which was constituted by the party’s National Working Committee (NWC).
Aguma had appealed against the December 29, 2020 judgment of the Court of Appeal and urged the apex court to restore the High Court’s judgment.
The five-man panel of the Supreme Court led by Justice Amin’s Augie, unanimously dismissed the appeal on Friday.
The court ruled that with the appeal “afflicted” by jurisdictional issues as the Court of Appeal had similarly ruled the case “has no chance of survival” and “is bound to face the consequence of this by being dismissed”.
The court also went on to affirm the judgment of the Court of Appeal and set aside the High Court judgment that was favourable to Aguma.
