A mild drama played out before the Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal on Thursday, as two senior lawyers clashed, insisting they separately represent the PDP in the case seeking to sack the 27 members of the Rivers State House of Assembly.
Trouble started after a special panel the appellate court constituted to hear all the matters relating to the political crisis in Rivers State, called up the appeals for hearing. The panel later told the two lawyers to go sort out their issues. The lawyer that represented the Rivers State Government, Goddy Uche, told the court that aside from the 11 cases, four more appeals bordering on the crisis in the state had also been filed. He asked for an adjournment to enable the matters to be combined, and the court granted it, fixing November 22 as the return date for another round of the appeals.
The appellate court had scheduled a total of eleven appeals involving different parties in the state, for hearing. Among the cases included an appeal the Rivers State Government filed to stay the execution of the judgement that mandated Governor Siminalayi Fubara to re-present his 2024 budget proposal to the Martin Amaewhule-led lawmakers, as well as an appeal the Action Peoples Party, APP, filed to declare seats of the lawmakers vacant over their alleged defection to the APC.
Trouble started after a special panel the appellate court constituted to hear all the matters relating to the political crisis in Rivers State, called up the appeals for hearing. The panel later told the two lawyers to go sort out their issues. The lawyer that represented the Rivers State Government, Goddy Uche, told the court that aside from the 11 cases, four more appeals bordering on the crisis in the state had also been filed. He asked for an adjournment to enable the matters to be combined, and the court granted it, fixing November 22 as the return date for another round of the appeals.
The appellate court had scheduled a total of eleven appeals involving different parties in the state, for hearing. Among the cases included an appeal the Rivers State Government filed to stay the execution of the judgement that mandated Governor Siminalayi Fubara to re-present his 2024 budget proposal to the Martin Amaewhule-led lawmakers, as well as an appeal the Action Peoples Party, APP, filed to declare seats of the lawmakers vacant over their alleged defection to the APC.
A mild drama played out before the Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal on Thursday, as two senior lawyers clashed, insisting they separately represent the PDP in the case seeking to sack the 27 members of the Rivers State House of Assembly.
Trouble started after a special panel the appellate court constituted to hear all the matters relating to the political crisis in Rivers State, called up the appeals for hearing. The panel later told the two lawyers to go sort out their issues. The lawyer that represented the Rivers State Government, Goddy Uche, told the court that aside from the 11 cases, four more appeals bordering on the crisis in the state had also been filed. He asked for an adjournment to enable the matters to be combined, and the court granted it, fixing November 22 as the return date for another round of the appeals.
The appellate court had scheduled a total of eleven appeals involving different parties in the state, for hearing. Among the cases included an appeal the Rivers State Government filed to stay the execution of the judgement that mandated Governor Siminalayi Fubara to re-present his 2024 budget proposal to the Martin Amaewhule-led lawmakers, as well as an appeal the Action Peoples Party, APP, filed to declare seats of the lawmakers vacant over their alleged defection to the APC.
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