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Three stakeholders of the People’s Democratic Party in Rivers State have dragged State factional Chairman of PDP, AARON CHUKWUEMEKA, Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, RSIEC, PDP and the government of Rivers State over the nomination of PDP Chairmen, their Vice and Councillors for the last Council elections in the state.
The Claimants, ENYI UCHECHUKWU, WISDOM KALIO and UCHE AMADI in an originating summon are asking the court to determine weather AARON CHUKWUEMEKA who the congresses that brought him has been nullified can validly submit list of candidates to RSIEC for the just concluded LGA elections by virtue of the judgment of the Rivers State High Court delivered against his emergence.
The claimants also want the court to determine amongst other reliefs weather the Peoples Democratic Party has presented a valid list of candidates to RSIEC by through AARON CHUKWUEMEKA as to enable it the candidates to have taken part in 30th August, 2025 council elections.
They want a declaration that the Peoples Democratic Party’s Ward, Local Government Area and State Elective Congresses conducted on July 27, 2024, August 10, 2024 Court are a nullity and having been set aside by the Rivers State High and AARON CHUKWUEMEKA being a product of the said nullified congresses lacked the competence or capacity to conduct any of the party’s primaries and/or to submit any list of candidate.
The claimants equally asked for an order of perpetual injunction restraining the Defendants by themselves, privies, agents, assigns, administrators and/or howsoever so named from interfering and/or further interfering with the Peoples Democratic Party internal affairs with regards to the nomination, presentation of candidates for elective positions.
Oir correspondent reports that when the matter came up in court, claimants counsel, GLORY CHIZIM-CHINDA orally application for motion for substituted service on second and third defendants and presiding judge, Justice STEPHEN JUMBO granted the application and ordered that the processes should be service on the state secretariat of PDP on Aba road.
Justice JUMBO before adjourning to 9th of February, 2026 for application for joinder, directed the claimants counsel to service the processes to Port Harcourt City Council Chairman, his Vice and Councillors, Obio-Akpor Council Charman, his Vice and Councillors and Ogba Egbema Ndoni Council Chairman, his Vice and Councillors.
While counsel to RSIEC and Rivers State government, S OGUNKA informed the court of their preliminary objection on the suit, the claimants counsel, GLORY CHIZIM-CHINDA in an interview with newsmen outside the court, explained in details what prompted his client to approach the court
