A Rivers State High Court in Port Harcourt has scheduled April 14, 2026, for the hearing of all pending applications in a suit instituted by three aggrieved members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the state.
The defendants in the matter include the factional state chairman of the PDP, Aaron Chukwuemeka; the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC); the PDP; the Rivers State Government; as well as three local government council chairmen, Obio-Akpor, Port Harcourt City, and Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni, along with their respective vice chairmen and councillors.
The claimants, Enyi Uchechukwu, Wisdom Kalio, and Uche Amadi, are seeking judicial clarification on whether the Aaron Chukwuemeka-led state executive committee, whose emergence was nullified by a prior court judgment, possessed the legal authority to submit a list of candidates to RSIEC for the recently concluded local government elections.
They further request the court to determine whether the PDP validly nominated candidates through the said leadership for participation in the August 30, 2025 council polls.
At the resumed hearing on Tuesday, counsel representing the PDP and the affected local government councils, most of whom are Senior Advocates of Nigeria, informed the court that they had only been served with the originating processes on March 13, 2026.
They consequently requested additional time to respond on points of law.
The application for adjournment was not opposed by counsel to the claimants, Glory Chizim-Chinda.
Presiding over the matter, Justice Stephen Jumbo granted the request and adjourned proceedings to April 14, 2026, for the hearing of all pending motions and possible rulings before the substantive issues are addressed.
