Accuses him of holding secret meetings with judges before verdict

His allegation,aimed at inciting presidency against Riverspeople-Wike

The last is yet to be heard about the concluded litigation on the Rivers State governorship election as Honourable Dakuku Peterside of the state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) hasaccused Governor Nyesom Wike of influencing the outcome of the judgment of the Supreme Court.Peterside, who was the APC governorship candidate in the 2015 election, made the accusation while addressing a press conference at the party state secretariat, Port Harcourt,on Tuesday.However, Governor Wike said the essenceof Peterside's allegations were aimed to further incite the presidency and the Nigerian Armed Forces against the people of Rivers State and the entire Niger Delta region.Addressing newsmen, lateTuesdayevening, the state Commissioner for Information, Mr Austin Tam-George, also said the allegation was "a cynical reaction to his electoral and judicial defeats. He surely would not win any victory by diverting attention."It would be recalled that the apex court had, on January 27, 2016, upturned the verdicts of both the election petitions tribunal and the Court of Appeal which nullified the then disputed governorship election in the state and upheld Wike as the winner.Peterside also accused the governor, with his recent comments, of becoming a threat to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and also warned himto desist from insulting President Muhammadu Buhari and the security agencies.The APC governorship candidate said, although he had accepted the apex court ruling, the utterances of Governor Wike, especially his statement at a thanksgiving service, last Sunday, had seemingly gave credence to doubt being expressed in the public space about the judgment."Many a Nigerian continues to wonder why the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) andGovernor Wike’s supporters went on wild celebration across Rivers State, as early as9amon the day of judgment even if the actual verdict was handed down at about6:20pmof that day."It clearly suggests that they might have been in the know of what the judgment would be long before the Supreme Court pronounced it."This is coupled with several comments, especially on the social media some three weeks earlier, such as “Thank God there will now be no need for a rerun election.....It is surely ending at the Supreme Court, etc, etc."Credible information confirmed that Nyesom Wike had earlier confessed to some persons of having met one of the justices of the Supreme Court in Mbaise during an important burial, another at Owerri in a hotel and yet others in Dubai and Saudi Arabia, respectively. These justices were in the panel that decided the matter in Wike's favour", he said."However, the most striking revelation by Nyesom Wike is contained in his account atthe thanksgiving service last Sunday. He obviously stunned his audience and the watching world when he confessed that when it came to the judges, Dr Peter Odili and the wife, Justice Mary Odili (a justice of the Supreme Cout), were his advisers."This simply confirmed his earlier statements that he had contact with the justices, after several attempts to reach the Chief Justice of the country failed."It is therefore obvious that the decision of the Supreme Court on the Rivers State election was not a product of justice, but rather a product of compromise and orchestrated contrivance to legalise electoral violence and rigging and, in turn, reward injustice. This calls for serious introspection by our judiciary and judicial officers", he said.He also described as a threat to INEC and 'others' the governor's warning that anybody who planned to rig the forthcoming rerun elections in the state would be treated as armed robbers.He said, despite his having accepted the Supreme Court judgment but with mixed feelings, Governor Wike, while addressing civil servants in the state, after the verdict, allegedly threatened to deal with INEC personnel in the state in respect of the rerun election.
Peterside said Wike dared Buhari by allegedly saying, “If you like bring your Boko Haram soldiers to Rivers State, I willenter INEC office on Election Day, let me see who will push me out.”He said such a statement clearly demonstrated the person of Wike as"someone lacking in respect, patriotism andcharacter of being a councillor much more a state governor in the Federal Republic of Nigeria."Let me draw the attention of Nyesom Wike to the fact that it is most callous of him to demonstrate such level of denigration on the gallant officers and men of the Nigerian military who are putting their lives at risk every other day to safeguard the Nigeria state and citizens when he referred to them as Boko Haram soldiers."Denying all the allegations, The commissioner said, Peterside and APC did not ever truly accepted the Supreme Courtverdict in the first instance, adding that their true reaction can be found in what transpired during Peterside's recent meeting with the APC national chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, in Abuja."At that meeting in which Dakuku Peterside was inciting the president and the people of Nigeria against the peoples of the Niger Delta and the Government and people of Rivers State, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun said "I still find the judgment on the Rivers State governorship election totally astonishing."Chief Odigie-Oyegun then proceeded to announce that the Supreme Court would beprobed for doing their work simply because verdict was not given in favour of Dr Dakuku Peterside."Dr Peterside and his APC have not accepted the Supreme Court verdict and would do anything to destroy the Supreme Court and the integrity of its justices for daring to uphold existing jurisprudence."The attack on Governor Wike, who merely warned that nobody should come to Rivers State to rig elections, is contrived to misinform and create confusion so that APC would, as promised by their national chairman to Peterside, forcefully intervene in Rivers State by means of election rigging in order to win all the seatsup for re-election in the state House of Assembly, with a view to impeaching Governor Wike."Governor Wike is not the first politician to have warned against the consequences of election rigging. The President and Commander-in-Chief had himself used strong language to warn against election rigging when he said in the course of campaigns last year that:"God willing, by 2015, something will happen. They either conduct a free and fairelection or they go a very disgraceful way. If what happened in 2011 (alleged rigging) should happen in 2015, by the Grace of God, the dog and the baboon would all be soaked in blood"' he said.Tam-George also denied that Governor Wike threatened INEC personnel or any other person, adding that only riggers and potential riggers should therefore be worried about the statement of the governor.He said the statement was rather aimed atbolstering INEC's ability to conduct free and fair elections which "Peterside and Rotimi Amaechi are determined to undermine so that APC could win one oil-producing state.He described Peterside as a pathological liar for claiming that Wike had made a revelation of the Supreme Court judgment,describing the allegations as scornful, demented and laughable..."Why then did Governor Wike lose his appeal to the Supreme Court on the proper venue where the Rivers State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal should sit?
"After all the distinguished Honourable Justice Mary Odili was on that panel of the Supreme Court and Governor Wike lost the appeal. Then, "there was nothing fundamentally wrong with the Supreme Court".On the issue of violence in the forthcomingrerun election in the state, the information commissioner said Governor had never preached violence but rather choose to sacrifice his ambition for the people of Rivers State.He said Governor Wike had never insultedPresident Buhari and was in full support ofthe fight against corruption, adding former Governor Amaechi and his co-travellers were rather known abuses and invectives on former President Goodluck Jonathan without any words of caution by the APC leadership ."It must be observed that Governor Wike'scommitment to the fight against corruptionis total, complete and unequivocal. It is on record that, upon assumption of office, he instituted a Commission of Inquiry with judicial approval."That Commission's Report has been givenapproval in a Government White Paper. One of those indicted is Mr Rotimi Amaechi, former governor of Rivers State."The governor merely condemned a fight against corruption that abrogates the rule of law, is one sided and is obviously targeted at political opponents. These are concerns that all Nigerians are freely expressing. Why pick on Governor Wike?",he said.He also said the governor never referred to the Nigerian soldiers as Boko Haram, but merely alluded to the fact that even if the soldiers, hardened and experienced by their fight against Boko Haram, are brought to assist APC rig elections in the state, they still would not be able to defeat the will and resilience of the people.

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Kyase:
Accuses him of holding secret meetings with judges before verdict

His allegation,aimed at inciting presidency against Riverspeople-Wike

Thought it was all made up but with this reply by Wike,i am having second thoughts.
Wike might have been told of the error he made in the euphoria of his victory celebration,probably inebriated with too much exotic wine.
Now in his sober state and the speech having been leaked by some people, he is trying damage control.
If in a weeks time there is no leak of the video or audio , then I wud accept it was all made up,but something tells me Wike did bribe those justices using Odili and his Supreme Court judge as the go betweens.

doctokwus:

Thought it was all made up but with this reply by Wike,i am having second thoughts.
Wike might have been told of the error he made in the euphoria of his victory celebration,probably inebriated with too much exotic wine.
Now in his sober state and the speech having been leaked by some people, he is trying damage control.
If in a weeks time there is no leak of the video, then I wud accept it was all made up,but something tells me Wike did meet those justices.

Leave that to sahara reporters
They with surely come up with atleast an audio for that.
Fear them ooo

What's the reason for all these statements now?

What are the both parties hoping to achieve?

Wike isn't stepping down, Peterside isn't ascending.

Many a Nigerian continues to wonder why the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) andGovernor Wike’s supporters went on wild celebration across Rivers State, as early as9amon the day of judgment even if the actual verdict was handed down at about6:20pmof that day.

I remember this, even tonyebarcanista celebrated here on Nairaland
This was his comment by 3:13pm

TonyeBarcanista:
@HopeAtHand how market?



Wike is set to win

This is the page link.

https://www.nairaland.com/2894462/rivers-updates-supreme-court-wike/3

APC & desperation fayose them clean & clear in all elections the said it is rigging, wike floors them & the supreme Court they said he bribed the judges. with APC don't bother looking for the enemy cos with them Nigeria is just heading for doome

Leboska:
APC & desperation fayose them clean & clear in all elections the said it is rigging, wike floors them & the supreme Court they said he bribed the judges. with APC don't bother looking for the enemy cos with them Nigeria is just heading for doome

Says someone that never believed in Nigeria but Biafra.

Dakuku should go and rest abegi
Rivers have decided and it's PDP all the way

Wike has started working and 99% of Riverians are behind him

poshestmina:
Dakuku should go and rest abegi
Rivers have decided and it's PDP all the way

Wike has started working and 99% of Riverians are behind him

Thou shalt not be silly saidth common sense.

Kyase:

I remember this, even tonyebarcanista celebrated here on Nairaland
This was his comment by 3:13pm




This is the page link.

https://www.nairaland.com/2894462/rivers-updates-supreme-court-wike/3

Bros wetin I do na?

an illiterate staying in the forest know that the judgment is a rape of justice,governor wike bought his victory through the judges in which the tribunal &appeal court hv clearly play there own part of putting a stop to electoral violence &malpractices,many lost their loved one&some was inflicted with life time injury, many was chase out of their community all in the name of politics &it's unfair, this judgment is a quota from the judiciary to legalise electoral violence &unbalances in our electoral processes

TonyeBarcanista:

Bros wetin I do na?

Check am yourself na

Kyase:

Check am yourself na

And your point is.
Because what @tonyebarcanista said in that thread had no correlation with this thread in question

bigmarshal:
an illiterate staying in the forest know that the judgment is a rape of justice,governor wike bought his victory through the judges in which the tribunal &appeal court hv clearly play there own part of putting a stop to electoral violence &malpractices,many lost their loved one&some was inflicted with life time injury, many was chase out of their community all in the name of politics &it's unfair, this judgment is a quota from the judiciary to legalise electoral violence &unbalances in our electoral processes

May I ask u this, can your assistant in your office be said to be the authentic when two of u are in a function representing ur organization together.
2. Tell me any state where there was no electoral violence during the last election.
3. What is the punishment for all the electoral violence culprit by the tribunal, and appeal court, because the culprit cut across the parties divide.
4. What is the case brought before the supreme court and how was the lead counsel able to prosecute their respective appeal.
5. What ground of appeal from both parties and evidences laid down.
6. Answers to this then we'll continue.

Waiting for your neutral and patriotic response Response.

Cc. Tonyebarcanista

engineerboat:


May I ask u this, can your assistant in your office be said to be the authentic when two of u are in a function representing ur organization together.
2. Tell me any state where there was no electoral violence during the last election.
3. What is the punishment for all the electoral violence culprit by the tribunal, and appeal court, because the culprit cut across the parties divide.
4. What is the case brought before the supreme court and how was the lead counsel able to prosecute their respective appeal.
5. What ground of appeal from both parties and evidences laid down.
6. Answers to this then we'll continue.

Waiting for your neutral and patriotic response Response.

Cc. Tonyebarcanista

Point two
Benue

If Dakuku is convinced that the Supreme court judges can be bribed, then its because he bribed the tribunal and appeal court judges and he feels, Wike did same!