The APC filed the suit to stop the Rivers State local government elections scheduled for 15 October.
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They contended that the proper venue for the case should be the Federal High Court’s division in Rivers State, not Abuja.Nigerians need credible journalism. Help us report it. The party said the notice would have enabled INEC to stop the continuous voter registration and update the register at least 90 days before the election.
It said INEC was still conducting continuous registration and updating the National Register of Voters, including for Rivers State. The party said that the continuous registration exercise had not stopped, nor did INEC receive the 360-day notice. In the ruling, Mr Lifu ordered all the parties to maintain the status quo until the substantive suit could be heard.
Due to the violent development, the police have since taken over the secretariats of the 23 local government areas in the state, preventing the newly appointed caretaker committees from assuming office.
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