The Rivers State Election Petition Tribunal is currently reading its judgement in the petition filed by the APC candidate Dakuku Peterside against the election of Governor Nyesom Wike.
PREMIUM TIMES brings you the live updates from the judgement of the three-member panel which is sitting in Abuja for security reasons.

10:41 The presiding judge reviewed the witnesses and stated that Peterside/APC called 56 witnesses and of the respondents: INEC-16; Wike-24; PDP-none. The panel states that the petitioners submitted three issues for determination.


10:46 INEC argued that the petitioners failed to prove their case polling unit by polling unit in line with Supreme Court earlier decisions.According to the panel, Governor Wike’s final written address on the petition is dated October 14.

10:55 The Tribunal is now reviewing Mr. Wike’s second major argument. Governor Wike’s first major argument is that most of the petitioners’ witnesses gave hearsay evidence, according to the tribunal. Governor Wike’s other major arguments, according to the tribunal, include: Petitioners are required to prove polling unit by polling unit but they only called few polling unit agents. Non-usage of card reader cannot be grounds for nullifying election.

Mr. Wike also argued that the election was free and fair and he was duly returned governor. He asked the tribunal to strike out the petition.
The tribunal states that PDP’s final address was on October 16.

11:02 The PDP argued that the Petitioners leveled allegations of crime against the military which was not joined as a party.

The PDP also argued that non-usage of card reader cannot be grounds of nullification of election. PDP thus argued that the petitioners failed to prove their case and case should be struck out.

11:18 The petitioner, Mr. Peterside, argued that the card reader machine was made mandatory by INEC’s guideline and has the backing of the Electoral Act.

11:31 The tribunal adopts only one issue for determination – whether or not the petitioners have proved their case.

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pls update oooooooo



Make my rice no burn, who care for rice ??

Wike and Fayose have come to stay. Apc shud move on

UPDATE:

11:40 The Tribunal dismisses preliminary issues concerning the competence of the tribunal raised by the respondents. It is now dwelling on its sole issue for determination

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Wike is going today

Wike is going today, Quote me anywhere

Judgement day

Ok

what is goin on here?

Bye bye Mr Wike, Welcome Mr Peterside

Amaechi's boy, so you are still hoping for your Christmas bonus. Don't worry, God will not let greed kill you.

Nna, President Barack Obama sef don dey support Biafra. Chukwu abiama okike fire anybody that stops the Heeebos from going back to Biafra. All Heeebos must go back to Heeeboland

GspotAngela:
I dey cum

Hwfa nw!!! How re u?

hinwazaka:
Amaechi's boy, so you are still hoping for your Christmas bonus. Don't worry, God will not let greed kill you.

Morning, Mr hinwazaka

Stay tuned as I break that heart-breaking news

Singingbae:
Hwfa nw!!! How re u?

fine

PDP REMAINS THE ONLY VIABLE PLATFORM IN RIVERS STATE

abeg make them do fast make we know Wetin dey happen for Rivers state.

nothing is really happening as the governor is being distracted

Ooops my pop corn is almost finished. Let me quickly add some across the road wit another bottle of coca cola to enjoy the show

UPDATES:

11:49 The tribunal restates the petitioners’ allegations inculding poll being marred by intimidation of voters, non-availability of result sheets, snatching of electoral materials, non-collation of results at wards and LG levels etc.

wike all the way

UPDATE:

11:50 The Tribunal states that the evidence of the petitioners’ witnesses is relevant and reliable

Mr hinwazaka

SweetSoup:
Judgement day

for d wicked or wiked

Ojigbijigbijigbi....in Baba Ajasco's voice!

It will be very difficult for Wike to win this since Amaechi will be the International observer.
Amaechi is not yet a Minister, and he is already telling PDP and Wike that he's more than them. Hehehehehehehe!
Am waiting for Mr Broken Record(Metuh) speech.

saint047:
PDP REMAINS THE ONLY VIABLE PLATFORM IN RIVERS STATE

but change is coming to river state right now

UPDATE:

11:54 The tribunal states that INEC has the power to insist on card readers. It is not open to anybody to act otherwise – tribunal

Aminat508:
pls update oooooooo


Make my rice no burn, who care for rice ??

White, jollof or fried? Am really famished here!

oya now bring it on.D wailing wailers are already panicking.There must be a re-run or else...

Dannyset:

White, jollof or fried? Am really famished here!

concosion rice did u get it?

UPDATE:

11:57 According to the tribunal, Exhibit A9 presented by the petitioners, which is a report by head of election monitoring team of INEC office in Rivers State, Charles Okoye, confirmed the allegations of the petitioners – Tribunal