By Ikechukwu Nnochiri

ABUJA – The Rivers State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Abuja, has declined to order the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to transfer all the materials that were used for the conduct of the April 11 governorship election in Rivers state, to Abuja for inspection.

‎In a ruling this morning, the Justice Muazu Pindiga-led tribunal dismissed the application which was made by the All Progressives Congress, APC, and its governorship candidate in the state, Dr. Dakuku Peterside.

APC and Peterside had in furtherance to the petition they lodged against the election victory of Governor Nyesom Wike of the ‎Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, prayed the tribunal to direct INEC to relocate all the polling materials to Abuja for inspection by its legal team and forensic experts.

The materials the petitioners intend to subject to scrutiny include all ballot papers, the ‎voters’ register that was used for the election, as well as the biometric data as captured by the Card Reader Machines that were deployed to Rivers State by INEC for the purpose of the disputed governorship poll.

‎However, while dismissing the application dated July 17, the tribunal held that acceding to the request by the APC would amount to varying an earlier order it made on June 11, wherein it directed the electoral body to grant the petitioners access to the election materials.
The tribunal maintained that the petitioners failed to convince it on why that previous ruling ‎should be amended to reflect that the inspection of the materials should be conducted in Abuja.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/08/rivers-poll-tribunal-refuses-to-order-inec-to-relocate-election-materials-to-abuja/

COOL

Na wa for APC.




Ishilove, lalasticlala

For anybody who cares to listen, Rivers State is PDP, and PDP is Rivers State period!

nice one


.pdp

That's great news! LadyF is a #witch

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Buh wat are they celebrating for...the court hasnt uphold his victory yet.....Waiting for APC next strategic move......i tink they shld leave it for PDP to show seniority...''federal lo sanwo''.......imagine a whole PDP fightin for just 1 state like this.......nothing is permanent

When will they settle dis issue finally. .....

It's [size=20pt]LadyF[/size] again

Foolish apc



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olaboy33:
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Buh wat are they celebrating for...the court hasnt uphold his victory yet.....Waiting for APC next strategic move......i tink they shld leave it for PDP to show seniority...''federal lo sanwo''....... imagine a whole PDP fightin for just 1 state like this .......nothing is permanent

The question should be, why APC is desperate to cover their atrocious looting in Rivers state by trying to hijack the government by force?

There is nothing here na. Phockphockman why u dey celebrate nothing? Why are u been manipulative with the headline to fool some semi-illiterate here who does not read full reports?

The court had earlier granted APC permission to examine the materials. They just tried to push their luck further by requesting that all the materials used for the election should be transferred to Abuja.

This seems unreasonable to me anyways. Why should all the materials used for election be transferred all the way to Abuja?? A lot can happen to the materials in transit.

What they the APC need, is to emphasise that the judgement granting them permission to examine the materials be enforced to the letter. Since they are the party at the centre, it will be easy for them to get enough security to go to Rivers with their forensic experts to examine these materials. Eventhough I support APC on this case, this request to me is frivolous.

ngeneukwenu

agabusta:
There is nothing here na.

Ok.

h mm

Hai

Round one in Rivers State:
PDP - 2
APC - 0
Second Round loading...

Wike has seen another reason to rant

The Association of Past Criminals APC, should forget the southeast and the south south period..!!

APC should know PDP would win in Rivers with or without rigging

1 down
Many more to go

Dakuku and APC are journeying in futility. The court will soon uphold Wike's Victory. Dakuku should be looking @ 2023.




Sai Wike Joor

Buhahahaha

Ok, we are watching dem all

anyhow they wan do am, wike is a goner.

This is no news,Rivers is Pdp,Wike is the Man we voted for!

UmuEri:
For anybody who cares to listen, Rivers State is PDP, and PDP is Rivers State period!

gud for u

abeg op change that topic, una make fear catch me i think say na d main petition dem strike out.