The three-man Court of Appeal panel
sitting in Abuja has struck out the
appeal of Nyesom Wike seeking a
dismissal of the judgment of the
Rivers election petition tribunal which
sacked him as governor of the state.
In a 110-page ruling delivered by
Justice M.B. Dongban-Mensem, the
Court ruled that the election of
Nyesom Wike did not conform with
the electoral act.
The Court has ordered a rerun in 90
days.
In delivering a final ruling the Court
of Appeal decided all the seven
issues raised by Governor Wike
against in favour of Dakuku Peterside
and the All Progressives Congress
party.
Recall that on Saturday, October 24,
the tribunal had held that Wike was
not duly elected governor of Rivers
state.
It ruled that a fresh election be held
in the state within 90 days.
But Wike appealed against the
judgment, insisting that he was duly
elected governor of the state.
He asked the appellate court to set
aside the judgment of the tribunal,
arguing that the lower court failed to
consider the evidence – that a proper
election took place in Rivers state on
April 11 – tendered before it.
Wike had previously gone to the
supreme court to challenge the
jurisdiction of the tribunal, which
sacked him. His main argument at
the apex court was that the tribunal
should have sat in Rivers state and
not in Abuja.
But the supreme court dismissed his
suit for lacking in merit, ruling that
the tribunal – owing to security
reasons – was right to have relocated
to Abuja to sit in judgment on the
petition of Dakuku Peterside,
candidate of the All Progressives
Congress (APC) in the April 11
governorship election in Rivers state.

Source : www.vanguardngr.com/2015/12/breaking-appeal-court-sacks-gov-wike-orders-fresh-election-in-rivers/

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