The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed an appeal by the Dan Orbih faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Dan Orbih, the deputy National Chairman, South, of the PDP is an ally of Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike.
A five-member panel of the apex court held that the appeal filed by Omoregie Ogbeide-Ihama was incompetent having been hinged on issues that did not form part of the judgment of the Court of Appeal which he had appealed.
With the dismissal of the Appeal, the judgement of the trial court, which upheld the primary election conducted by Governor Godwin Obaseki’s faction, becomes extant.
The trial court had held among others that the primary which produced the candidates of the Orbih faction was illegal having been conducted by the state’s leadership of the party.
Edo Deputy Governor, Phillips Shuaibu, who witnessed the proceedings, hailed the decision.
