Governor Nyesom Wike’s mandate has been upheld by the Nigerian Supreme Court on Wednesday, January 27.
The Supreme court has upheld the result of the April 11 gubernatorial polls in Rivers state, declaring
Wike the winner.
The Vanguard reports that the apex court’s judgement was unanimou,
thus, validating the result of the
April 11 poll by the Independent
National Electoral Commission (INEC)
According to Justice Kekere-Ekun who delivered the lead verdict,
three separate appeals that were filed by Wike, PDP and INEC, were
meritorious.
Supreme Courts upholds Wike’s mandate
Concurrent judgments of both the Rivers state governorship election
petition tribunal and that of the Abuja division of the Court of
Appeal, were all set aside by the Supreme Court.
However, the court panel did not make statements regarding the reason for the judgement.
The panel which is led by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice
Mahmud Mohammed reserved their reasons for the judgement till Friday,
February 12.
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