By Jimitota Onoyume

PORT HARCOURT—A chieftain of Labour Party in Rivers State, Prince Joseph Tamunosaki- Princewill, has approached a Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, to stop Prince Tonye Princewill from parading himself as governorship candidate of the party for the 2015 general polls.

Tamunosaki-Princewill, who spoke yesterday in Port Harcourt, alleged that Tonye-Princewill emerged governorship candidate of the party by proxy, an act he said was not provided for by the constitution of the party.

He added that Tonye Princewill only rushed to the Labour Party after he failed to grab the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship ticket, noting that he was still a member of the PDP.

It will be recalled that Tonye Princewill was among the aggrieved governorship aspirants of the PDP who felt shortchanged by developments within the party in the state.

Tamunosaki-Princewill, who is asking the court to declare him governorship candidate of the LP, is contending that “Tonye did not at any material time contest the LP’s governorship primary election in Rivers State in person, as he is still a card-carrying member of the PDP, where he bought the PDP’s governorship nomination form and contested the party’s governorship primary election held on December 8, 2014 in Port Harcourt.

According to him,“As of December 10, 2014, the sole LP governorship candidate in Rivers State for the February 28, 2015 governorship election was Prince Tamunosaki- Princewill.”