The Court of Appeal in Abuja has affirmed the January 22 judgment by Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja nullifying the passage of Rivers State’s N800 billion 2024 budget by four members of the House of Assembly.
In a judgment on Thursday, a three-member panel of the appellate court, led by Justice Joseph Oyewole, held that the appeal filed by the River State Governor against the January 22 judgment was unmeritorious.
Justice Oyewole, who authored and read the lead judgment, held that, having failed to challenge the case at the trial court, by withdrawing all the processes (documents) he filed against the suit, cannot turn around to now seek to appeal the judgment.
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