The Supreme Court on Friday finally out paid to the hopes of the All Progressives Congress to present candidates for the upcoming general elections in Rivers State.
The hope of the party had risen last week when the Court of Appeal gave it a reprieve that the Independent National Electoral Commission could go ahead and list its candidates for the elections scheduled for February 16 and March 2, 2019.
However on Friday, the Supreme Court backed the ruling of the High Court of Rivers State that the party cannot present candidates for the election.
The ruling of the lower court was based on the disobedience by the two factions of the party in the state not to conduct primaries except otherwise directed.