Kotun Apili ta Abuja ta soke hukuncin da Kotun Koli ta bayar wanda ya hana gudanar da zabe a kananan hukumomi a Jihar Rivers. Wannan hukunci ya taru ne bayan da gwamnatin Jihar Rivers, ta hanyar Gwamna Siminalayi Fubara, ta kai kara zuwa Kotun Apili.
Hukuncin Kotun Apili ya Abuja, wanda aka yanke shi a ranar Juma’a, ya kuma soke dukkan umarni da hukunci da Kotun Koli ta bayar a kan batan zaben kananan hukumomi a Jihar Rivers. Kotun Apili ta yanke hukunci cewa Kotun Koli ba ta da ikon karamar hukumar shari’a don kai wa karamar hukumar Rivers shari’a.
Wannan hukunci ya sa aka dawo da zaÉ“en kananan hukumomi da aka gudanar a ranar 6 ga Oktoba, 2024, na Jihar Rivers. Hukumar zaÉ“e ta Jihar ta ce zaÉ“en ya gudana cikin adalci, amma wata jam’iyyar siyasa, All Progressives Congress (APC), ta kai kara zuwa Kotun Koli don soke zaÉ“en.
Komishinan yada labarai na sadarwa na Jihar Rivers, Joe Johnson, ya bayyana cewa hukuncin Kotun Apili ya kawo farin ciki a cikin gwamnati da jama’a. Ya ce hukuncin ya tabbatar da cewa gwamnatin Jihar ta yi alkawarin doka kuma zaÉ“en ya gudana cikin adalci.
Ezebunwo Ichemati, shugaban karamar hukumar Port Harcourt, ya ce hukuncin Kotun Apili ya nuna cewa doka har yanzu tana nan da ta fi karfin manyan mutane da abokan su a majalisar shari’a.
