By Vivian Okejeme Abuja
The Supreme Court, has reserved judgments in four separate legal battles on the political leadership tussles in Rivers State.
The five-man panel of justices led by Justice Musa Uwani Aba-Aii, reserved the judgement to a later date that would be communicated to parties after talking arguments from lawyers involved in the matters.
The four appeals are marked SC/CV/1174/2024, between Rivers State House of Assembly and others against the Rivers State Government and nine others.
SC/CV/1175/2024, between Rivers State House of Assembly and others against the Rivers State Governor and nine others; SC/CV/1176/2024, between Rivers State House of Assembly and others against Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, RSIEC, and nine others.
Also, SC/CV/1177/2024, between Rivers State House of Assembly and others against the Accountant General of Rivers State and nine others.
They are in respect of some judgments delivered by the federal high court in Abuja which prohibited the release of monthly fund to Rives from the Federation Account and another that barred the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC from releasing voter register to the state government for the purpose conducting local government election among others.
It will be recalled that Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the federal high court in Abuja had ordered the stoppage of the release of allocations from the federal government to Rivers State until the governor presented the budget before the Martin Amaewhule-led House of Assembly members.
However, the Court of Appeal in Abuja upturned the the judgment of Justice Joyce Abdulmalik on the grounds of grave injustice in the findings and decisions.
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