APPEAL COURT NULLIFIES JUDGEMENT AGAINST RIVERS LG ELECTION. (PHOTO).

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 Appeal Court nullifies judgement against Rivers LG election The Court of Appeal in Abuja has nullified the judgement that barred the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, from releasing voters register to the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, RSIEC, for the conduct of local government elections that held in the state on October 5. A special panel of the court, in a unanimous decision by a three-member panel led by Justice Onyekachi Otisi, faulted the Federal High Court for barring security agencies from providing security during the elections. The panel held that the lower court lacked the jurisdiction to entertain suit against the Rivers State LG elections. He stressed that Section 28 of the Electoral Act does not cover elections conducted by states, but only federal elections, governorship and area council elections in the Federal Capital Territory. It will be recalled that Justice Peter Lifu of the high court had, in a judgement he delivered on a suit that w

KIDNAPPER CONFESSES AFTER ABDUCTING MAN IN LIMBE. (PHOTO).


 Kidnapper Confesses After Abducting Man in Limbe


Lom Linus, in the picture above, was abducted from his home in the Livanda area of Limbe One Council around 10 AM on Tuesday by a young man armed with a Dane gun. 


The family of the victim promptly sent XAF 10,000 as ransom, but community members quickly mobilized, tracking down and apprehending the kidnapper. Upon being caught, the assailant admitted that his original intention was to commit a robbery. 

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