The Appeal Court in Abuja, on Wednesday, fixed July 16 to hear an appeal filed by former Rivers All Progressives (APC) Chairman Caretaker Committee, Isaac Ogbobula.
A three-member panel of the appellate court led by Justice Stephen Adah, fixed the date for hearing in the substantive suit after the court dismissed the preliminary objection raised by the Acting Chairman of the Rivers State All Progressives Congress (APC), Igo Aguma.
Delivering a ruling, the Court of Appeal dismissed the objection on the grounds that the argument of the first respondent was misconceived and therefore liable to dismissal.
Adah held further that the appellant’s application complied with the rule of the Appeal Court.
“The application for preliminary objection was a complete waste of the court’s time and abuse of the court process.
” It was a disgraceful act that ought not to be at the Court of Appeal” Adah held.
He then fixed the date for hearing of the substantive appeal to July…
Source: Vanguard Newspaper
