The tragedy confronting the Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi led faction of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State, took a deeper turn on Wednesday as the application for stay of execution on the order of a Federal High Court against the party was declined by the Appeal Court.
The panel to handle the matter declined to entertain the matter, stating that the application was premature.
The APC faction and its candidates for the 2019 elections, led by the Governorship candidate, Pastor Tonye Cole, had appealed the ruling of the High Court which barred the party from fielding them as candidates for the election.
They had prayed the court to stay execution on the order of the court to enable its candidates participate in the polls.
But when the matter came up, the leader of the Visiting Appeal Panel, Justice C N Uwa, said the application is premature to be heard.
Uwa stated that the court cannot make any order on the matter when appeal on it has not been properly entered.
She added that there was no record to show that appeal has been entered on the matter, urging the parties to go back to the registry to put their houses in order.
