The Court of Appeal, Abuja division has dismissed the order issued by the Rivers State High Court, in Port Harcourt, which barred MARTIN AMAEWHULE from parading himself as the Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly.

The appeal court also dismissed the decision of the state high court which stopped 24 other members of the Assembly from accessing the complex or carrying out any Legislative assignment in the name of the Rivers State House of Assembly.

In the lead judgment, Justice JIMI OLUKAYODE-BADA held that by granting the far-reaching order, restraining the lawmakers from further acting as members of the Assembly without hearing from the appellants amounted to a denial of their right to a fair hearing.

Justice BADA held that no urgency warranted the grant of order by the Rivers State High Court.

Other members of the Court of Appeal panel, Justice HAMMA BARKA and Justice BILIKISU ALIYU agreed with the lead judgment.