Court rejects Fubara’s loyalists’ challenge of jurisdiction

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday dismissed attempts by five loyalists of Rivers Governor, Siminalayi Fubara to orally challenge its jurisdiction in their trial for alleged terrorism.

Chime Eguma Ezebalike, Prince Lukman Oladele, Kenneth Goodluck Kpasa, Osiga Donald, and Ochueja Thankgod, charged with terrorism offences, sought to contest the court’s territorial jurisdiction verbally.