{"id":235257,"date":"2022-12-15T12:32:59","date_gmt":"2022-12-15T11:32:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=235257"},"modified":"2022-12-15T12:32:59","modified_gmt":"2022-12-15T11:32:59","slug":"appeal-court-upturns-judgement-banning-rivers-apc-candidates-from-2023-polls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/12\/15\/appeal-court-upturns-judgement-banning-rivers-apc-candidates-from-2023-polls\/","title":{"rendered":"Appeal Court upturns judgement banning Rivers APC Candidates from 2023 Polls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Court of Appeal sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Thursday, upturned a judgement of the Federal High Court, which disqualified all the candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) from participating in the 2023 general elections in the State.<\/p>\n<p>The Federal High Court, presided over by Hon. 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