On Monday, the Port Harcourt Division of the Court of Appeal dismissed two appeals filed by former elected local government chairmen in Rivers State, who are aligned with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike.
The appeals sought to extend their tenure in office.
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Simultaneously, two factions of the Rivers State House of Assembly, one loyal to Governor Siminalayi Fubara and the other to Nyesom Wike, held separate sessions in Port Harcourt.
The pro-Wike faction issued a seven-day ultimatum to the governor to re-present the 2024 state budget for consideration.
During a virtual session, the Appellate Court found the appeals, marked CA/PH/137M/2024 and CA/PH/145M/2024, to be without merit and subsequently struck them out.
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The appeals were filed by Hon. Enyiada Cookey-Gam and six others, contesting the lower court’s decisions on the tenure extension for local government council chairmen, whose terms expired last month.
Meanwhile, the Rt. Hon. Victor Oko-Jumbo-led House of Assembly, loyal to Governor Fubara, convened on Monday to screen and confirm Barrister Emmanuel Frank-Fubara as a Commissioner-designate.
Frank-Fubara, who hails from Abonnema in the Akuku-Toru local government area, was nominated by the governor and his name submitted to the House for confirmation.
