RIVERS ELECTION: TRIBUNAL DISGRACED APC

…Declares PDP winner

It was a devastating blow to the All Progressives Congress (APC) today when the Rivers State Elections Petitions Tribunal sitting in Abuja, dismissed the petitions filed by two Candidates of the All Progressives Congress in the last general elections.

The two House of Representatives candidates of the APC, namely, Dr Dawari George and Mr Lucky Odili of Asari-Toru/Akuku-Toru Federal Constituency and the Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Federal Constituency respectively, had filed petitions challenging the victory of Hon. Boma Goodhead of Asari-Toru/Akuku-Toru Federal Constituency and Prince Nnam Obi of Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Federal Constituency.

In the loftiness of its wisdom and in strict compliance with the provisions of the electoral act, the tribunal in dismissing the suit, said in the eyes of the law, the APC had no candidates for the Asari-Toru/Akuku-Toru Federal Constituency and the Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Federal Constituency for breaching some procedural obligations as prescribed in the Electoral Act.

According to the Act, 21 days mandatory notice must be given to the Independent Electoral Commission before the conduct of primaries - a provision the APC flagrantly disobeyed. On that premise, the Tribunal ruled that since the 21 days mandatory notice was not given, the APC did not field candidates in the two constituencies and accordingly dismissed the petitions for lack of locus.

Relying on this, it is apparent that the APC will lose all the cases before the Tribunal since the breach is not peculiar to Dr George and Mr Odili but an offence committed by the party in Rivers State, thus, affecting all candidates who contested on the platform of the APC.

With this development, there are strong possibilities that the same fate that befell Dr George and Mr Odili, shall befall Dr Dakuku Peterside. Therefore, one can safely state that the petition against Governor Nyesom Wike by Dr Peterside shall also be dismissed

This has further confirmed that the juridical seat notwithstanding, there are men of rectitude who will not compromise justice. This has also dissolved the fears in people that the Wike’s administration is a Caretaker one as his first four years in office is guaranteed.

he All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State has suffered heavy casualties as the National and State House of Assembly Election Tribunal sitting in Abuja dismissed two of its petitions against the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

The tribunal dismissed the petition filed by Hon. Lucky Odili and another against Prince Uche Nnam-Obi on the grounds that the petitioner was not qualified, while the second petitioner did not give the required 21 days notice of primary election to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in line with Paragraph 85(1) of Electoral Act

The petition filed by Hon. Dawari George challenging the election of Hon Boma Goodhead into the House of Representatives was also dismissed on the grounds that the petitioner was not qualified and that the second petitioner also did not give 21 days notice of primary election to INEC.

Meanwhile, the tribunal struck out nine paragraphs out of the petition filed by Hon. Otelemaba Amachere and his party, the APC, wherein he challenged the election of Hon. Osinaka Ideozu of the PDP.

The tribunal presided by Justice Adamu Gumba also struck out the Nigerian Navy, the Nigerian Army, the Nigeria Police Force and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps all of which were listed as the respondents to the petition.

It said that they were not necessary parties to the petition.

u3fine:
PDP 20 Vs APC 0

mmafhew:
The patient dog eat the fattest bone. Gbam!

u3fine:
PDP 2 Vs APC 0

mmafhew:
The patient dog eat the fattest bone. Gbam!

hamaworld:
Meaning?

With this development, there are strong possibilities that the same fate that befell Dr George and Mr Odili, shall befall Dr Dakuku Peterside. Therefore, one can safely state that the petition against Governor Nyesom Wike by Dr Peterside shall also be dismissed

This has further confirmed that the juridical seat notwithstanding, there are men of rectitude who will not compromise justice. This has also dissolved the fears in people that the Wike’s administration is a Caretaker one as his first four years in office is guaranteed.