Court asked to disqualify APC from Rivers governorship election

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri
ABUJA – The Federal High Court in Port Harcourt has been asked to declare that the All Progressives Congress (APC) is ineligible to field a candidate in the 2027 governorship election in Rivers State.
The suit, marked FHC/PH/CS/193/2026, also asks the court to direct the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to remove the APC and its candidate from the list of political parties eligible to field candidates for the governorship poll scheduled for February 6, 2027.
While INEC was listed as the 1st defendant, the APC was sued as the 2nd defendant in the action, which was instituted by the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) and its gubernatorial candidate fo...