The All Progressives Congress and its candidate in the April
11 governorship election in Rivers State, Dr. Dakuku
Peterside, have accused the governor-elect, Mr. Nyesom
Wike, of evading service of the processes of their election
petition seeking the nullification of the results of the poll.
The petitioners made the allegation through their counsel,
Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN), at the inaugural sitting of the
Rivers State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in Apo,
Abuja on Wednesday.
Akeredolu said all attempts by the bailiff of the court to
effect service on Wike had been futile.
He then urged the court, through an ex parte application, to
allow the petitioners serve Wike through a substituted
means of pasting the process on the wall of his house to
avoid unnecessary delay of proceedings.
In a short ruling, Justice Muazu Pindiga-led tribunal, granted
the prayer of the petitioners and ordered that substituted
service be effected on the respondent either by pasting the
court processes on the gate of his house or that of the PDP
secretariat in Rivers State or in Abuja.
He said the efforts to serve the court papers on the
governor-elect failed due to alleged non-cooperative
attitude of the people in Wike’s Port-Harcourt and Abuja
homes.
Akeredolu said the court bailiff had on a number of
occasions visited Wike’s residences in Abuja and Port
Harcourt but was always turned back at the gate by the
governor-elect’s agents when they found out the bailiff’s
mission to serve court processes.
The former President of the Nigerian Bar Association,
however, said he could however not establish “whether it
was Wike that instructed his agents not to accept service.”
After granting an order of substituted service, the panel then
adjourned the case but stated that it would communicate
the next hearing date to parties to the petition.
Through their petition, Peterside and the APC are
challenging the victory of the PDP candidate on grounds of
alleged irregularities and massive rigging that characterised
the election.
Other defendants in the petition are the Independent
National Electoral Commission and the PDP.
There are other four petitions challenging Wike’s victory
before the tribunal.
The other petitioners are Charles Harry of the All
Progressives Grand Alliance, Tonye Princewill of Labour
Party, Kemka Elenwo of KOWA Party and Minaibim Harry of
the Social Democratic Party.
Earlier in his inaugural speech, the chairman of the panel,
Justice Pindiga, had appealed to parties and the media to
cooperate with the tribunal in the discharge of its duties.
Source:www.punchng.com/news/tribunal-orders-service-of-petition-papers-on-wike/

That's a good move!

Great....let them serve him by pasting the court papers on his wife's shop, children's school bus and their classrooms respectively.

He needs to face the heat. Nonsense.

We ve seen this movie before, its just going to ride on from tribunal to the Fed high court, to the appeal court and finally supreme court most likely after Wike's second term as Gov.

SMH 4 d nigerian system.

Waiting to see what all those online children of anger and anguish would do after all the threats of fire and brimstone, when Wike is given the boots. Bloody noisemakers.

abeg start the matter jorh and pass judgement if e like he accept if e like e nor accept na army go deal with am.

Keneking:
Great....let them serve him by pasting the court papers on his wife's shop, children's school bus and their classrooms respectively.

He needs to face the heat. Nonsense.

Haba this guy....isn't that harsh?? Even on the pikins school bus??

Children of men.....is it a crime to offend Una?

But why wike sef dey fear to collect summons? Is mama piss no longer in charge? abi Mbu don retire too for gross indiscipline like one Mr Suleiman Abba?

I am certain of one thing, that election will be nullified.

Justice is about to be served. You cannot perpetuate the types of crimes Wike has perpetuated and expect to get away with it. His tenure will be shorter than that of Celestine Omehia and he will be relegated 4th division of Rivers Politics

yawns! if the tribunal will oust wike, why are the governor's cohorts packing outta of government house with properties

kelvincoll:
We ve seen this movie before, its just going to ride on from tribunal to the Fed high court, to the appeal court and finally supreme court most likely after Wike's second term as Gov.

SMH 4 d nigerian system.

Bro!Wake up.That era don pass.

Once the court decides there is nobody that can stop them. Tanoids take note

Post it on Nairaland, temitemi will tell him.

disloman:
Bro!Wake up.That era don pass.

You mean e don pass over night? una de dream well o

APC should just pity PDP and leave one big state for them name.If u take rivers from them na SUG politics PDP go enter.

Hahahah Wike is now scared to face the tribunal hahaha, Abeg if wike sure he win the election then why is he scared to face the tribunal now?

PDP is dead on arrival and the poster above me have said where they belong cos they will also loose Akwa ibom too.