Again, Wike Loses At Appeal Court

A three-man Court of Appeal panel sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday upheld the judgment of the Election Petition Tribunal that handled the 2015 governorship election in Rivers State.

The court threw out the appeal filed by Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State who contested under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and was handed a certificate of return by the Independent National Electoral Commission.

Wike was seeking a dismissal of the judgment of the Rivers election petition tribunal which sacked him as governor of the state.

In a 110-page ruling, Justice M.B. Dongban-Mensem who led the other two judges of the Appeal Court, declared that the election of Nyesom Wike did not conform with the electoral act.

In the ruling, the court decided the seven issues raised by Governor Wike against Dakuku Peterside and his All Progressives Congress in favour of Peterside.

On 24th October, the Rivers Petition Tribunal had ruled that the election which brought in Wike was marred and further ruled for fresh election to be held in the state within 90 days.