 An appeal court sitting in Port Harcourt has struck out the judgment of a federal high court which nullified 16 state assembly candidates of the APC. Justice Olabadeh Adebin-Hingbe in his judgment ruled that a PDP has no local standard to challenge the primary election of the APC. The judge also ruled that the federal high court lacks jurisdiction to entertain the suit. Speaking outside the courtroom, one of the counsel to APC said the judgment means that all state assembly candidates of the party are free to contest in the 2023 general election. On his part, one of the counsel to the PDP said the party will study the judgment and make further decisions. Well what it means to outline the APC is that there's no other impediments restraining them from campaigning because the court of appeal has set aside the judgment of the federal high court which nullified the candidacy of 16 of the aspirants. The court of appeal sitting in Port Harcourt delivered 14 judgments today all of which came to the same conclusion that one political party cannot litigate against another political party in respect of issues bordering on nomination of candidates. So all the decisions of the federal high court nullifying the candidacy of the APC House of Assembly candidates have now been set aside. What it means is that as of today, APC is entitled to fill candidates for the House of Assembly elections. Hello, hope you enjoyed the news. Please do subscribe to our YouTube channel and don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.