Rivers APC raises alarm over impostor lawyer, fake court order

The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State has raised alarm over a phoney court order being circulated, allegedly restraining the party from holding Local Government and subsequent congresses in the state.

Excerpt of a public notice issued by the State Publicity Secretary, Chris Finebone, reads;

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN

Information reaching us indicates that some individuals posing as members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State have approached a Rivers State High Court to seek injunction against the holding of local government and subsequent Congresses in Rivers State. It has also come to our notice that the same impostors have procured a lawyer to represent the APC in the phoney matter they surreptitiously brought before a court.

By this notice the All Progressives Congress, APC, Rivers State Chapter, is hereby notifying the Rivers State and Federal judiciaries and the general public that at no time was the APC served any court process and at no time did the APC secure the services of any counsel to handle such a matter in any court. The attempt at claiming a non-existing court matter and the alleged appearance of a counsel on behalf of the APC with briefing by the party is manifestly false, criminal and should be disregarded and such persons arrested and prosecuted accordingly.

The APC re-iterates that any court or persons dealing with any such unauthorised person(s) do so at their own risk as the Rivers State Chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, has neither been served any court process nor briefed any lawyer to deal on any such matter on the party’s behalf whatsoever.

For the avoidance of doubt, the processes for conducting the local government and other congresses have since commenced and no action can, at this time, stop a process that is already ongoing.

Senibo Chris Finebone
State Publicity Secretary
All Progressives Congress (APC),
Rivers State Chapter,
10th May, 2018.