Eze Apara Rebisi: Claimants Want Court To Set Aside Recognition

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The claimants in the Eze
Apara Rebisi stool pending before Justice M.W. Danagogo of the High Court, Rivers State, Chief Emeka Anyabelem and Elder Boniface Wechie, have filed a motion before the court seeking to set aside the certificate of recognition given to Prince Victor Woluchem as the Eze Epara Rebisi XII, Traditional Monarch of Port Harcourt City Local Government of the state.
The claimants who are acting for themselves and on behalf of Oroworukwo community in Rebisi Kingdom are also asking for an order of the court to suspend the recognition of the 2nd defendant, Prince Victor Woluchem given to him by the 10th defendant in the case, the state government pending the determination of the substantive suit before it.
The claimants who through their counsed, l.l. Evans, Esq, are also asking the court to make any further order as it may deem fit to make in the circumstances  adding that the then former state government, under Rt Hon Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi, deferred a court order restraing all parties to maintain status quo pending the determination of the matter still went ahead to recognize the 2nd defendant.
According to the claimants, they filed the suit on 16/8/2013 to manifest their right to occupy the chieftaincy stool known as Eze Apara Rebisi, the Monarchy of Port Harcourt adding that after the receipt of all originating processes and during the pendency of the suit, the 2nd defendant began to lobby the 10th defendant to grant him official recognition in defiance of the litigation.
They averred that they lodged a formal protest when they got wind of that,  the 10th defendant kept silent and went ahead to recognize the 2nd defendant despite a court order to that effect.
The claimant averred that the court must be in a position to place all parties in equal ranks of strength while it  adjudicates upon their dispute, as well as resist and indeed reverse, the move of every party or privy who alters the circumstances of a pending suit to his advantage as 2nd defendant has done in this case.
The cousel to the 3rd to 8th defendants/respondents, Chima Iboms (Esq), in their reply on, point of law to the claimants application to set aside the certificate of recognition issued to the 2nd defendant, Prince Victor Woluchem supported the application on the ground that the recognition was flagrant  disrespect to court order issued to the 2nd defendant during the pendency of the suit.
The court has adjourned the matter to June 27th, 2016 for all parties to respond and for proper motion to be taken.