The Appeal Court will on Tuesday this week give ruling on the appeal of the Rivers state Governor, Nyesom Wike asking the court to set aside the judgment of the Governorship elections petition tribunal.

Governor WIKE in a notice of appeal dated November 3, 2015 and filed same day by his lawyer, Emmanuel Ukala, a Senior Advocate of Niger, raised twenty six grounds of appeal upon which he sought to set aside the tribunal’s judgment.

The Rivers state Governor joined the All Progressives Congress, APC and its governorship candidate, Dakuku Peterside, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP as respondents.

Meanwhile, information available to DAILY POST has it that the Appeal court has fixed this Tuesday, December 15 with the date communicated to all the parties.

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