Court of Appeal judgment on Rivers, victory for democracy ―Tonye Cole

The  Campaign Organisation of the All Progressives Congress governorship candidate in Rivers state, Tonye Cole,   has described Wednesday judgment  order by the Court of Appeal for a stay of execution of the judgment of the Federal High Court as a victory for democracy.

Nigerian Tribune checks revealed that yesterday’s order of a stay of execution by Port Harcourt Division of the Court of Appeal was the second order to be issued in one week.

Justice Mohammed Mustapha of the Appeal Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State had on Monday ordered stay of execution of Federal High Court’s ruling which barred the APC from fielding its candidates in the forthcoming general elections in Rivers  State.

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Further checks revealed that Wednesday matter which was heard by Judges of the Court of Appeal who began sitting on Monday after a brief adjournment was between the PDP and the APC.

Reacting to the latest decision by the Appellate Court in Port Harcourt,  the spokesman for the organisation, Chief Ogbonna Nwuke quoted the APC standard  bearer, Pastor Tonye Cole as saying that “although the wheels of justice grind slowly, it grants a reprieve to all who come to equity with clean hands.”

The APC candidate commended the justices of the Court of Appeal for being upright and erudite.

Urging Rivers people to remain calm and focused, Cole said evil could only prevail in the short run, insisting that God has put all those who have continuously claimed to have connections in high places to shame.

He said that the outcome of the decisions so far issued by the court has proved that that the cases filed by the APC against the previous rulings of the lower courts were indeed competent.

He said: ” We are pleased that a sense of justice has prevailed in righting a clear injustice designed at depriving an electorate of the freedom to choose whoever they desire to lead them.

“The spontaneous outburst of joy that has accompanied the stays”, the APC flag bearer added, “proves that ‘when the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice.”