The 2015 Governorship Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State, Dr. Dakuku Peterside has described the decision of the Supreme Court which validated the election of Governor Nyesom Wike as a product of compromise and an orchestrated contrivance to legalise electoral violence and reward injustice.

Peterside, who stated this while addressing a press conference in Port Harcourt on Tuesday, claimed having it on good authority that Wike met with “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.” He added that these Justices were in the panel that decided the matter in his opponent’s favour.

The APC flag bearer went on to state that the Governor gave himself away at the thanksgiving service last Sunday “when he confessed that when it came to the Judges, Dr. Peter Odili and the wife Justice Mary Odili [a Justice of the Supreme Court] 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,” he added.

The statement reads in full:

You will recall that on Wednesday, January 27, 2016 the Nigerian Supreme Court handed down judgment on the Rivers State Governorship matter. In that judgment, the apex court upheld the appeal by Gov. Nyesom Wike against the earlier decisions by the Rivers State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal and the Appeal Court which concurrently annulled Nyesom Wike’s election as governor.

NYESOM WIKE’S UNBECOMING THREAT TO INEC, OTHERS
Consequent upon the judgment by the Supreme Court, I, the APC Governorship Candidate, Dr. Dakuku Adol Peterside, despite receiving the judgment with mixed feelings, came out to publicly announce my unreserved acceptance of the verdict. However, a few days later, the Governor, while addressing Civil Servants in Port Harcourt exhibited unconscionable indiscretion of the highest order by re-echoing his earlier incendiary statements threatening INEC personnel with death over the forthcoming National and State Assemblies rerun elections. He said, “Anyone who plans to rig an election is an armed robber and should be treated as such. If you are coming to rig an election in the state, first prepare your will before embarking on the journey. Inform your wife or husband and go ahead to say your last prayer.”.The above statement by Gov. Nyesom Wike confirms his earlier threat last December while commenting on the rerun elections in Rivers State. Then he had stated, “We are not afraid of any re-run at all. But we have always said if they said there should be a re-run, let it be a re-run and not to write the result. Let them bring anybody as INEC official from anywhere that wants to be funny, I wish the person must have written his Will before he comes.”

This is the most callous statement anyone can make, much more a state governor. It is a known fact that Wike promotes violence and believes so much in jungle justice but he forgets that such outlook does not have any place in a civilized society.

WIKE’S SHOCKING REVELATION ON THE SUPREME COURT JUDGMENT

Despite my acceptance and temperate public comments on the verdict of the Supreme Court on the 27th of January, 2016 Gov. Nyesom Wike, by his unguarded utterance last Sunday, seems to give credence to the pervading doubt being expressed on the judgment in public space especially in the media. Many a Nigerian continues to wonder why PDP and Gov. Wike’s supporters went on wild celebration across Rivers State as early as 9am on the day of judgment even if the actual verdict was handed down at about 6:20pm of 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 3 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.

However, the most striking revelation by Nyesom Wike is contained in his account at the 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 Court] 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.

For the records, in his speech at the church service, Gov. Nyesom Wike probably forgot that he was on live telecast when he stated: “Let me thank our former governor, Dr. Peter Odili [husband of Supreme Court Justice, Mary Odili]. He will call me midnight to tell me what to do….he will say ‘go so so place.’ I took all his advice, and here we are today.” This shocking confession needs no further explanation except for you and other decent Nigerians to further make your fair conclusions.

THREAT OF BLOOD FLOWING WERE THERE TO BE A GOVERNORSHIP RERUN ELECTION

Still speaking at the thanksgiving service, Nyesom Wike said that he would not have given up if the verdict did not end in his favour. He said that through the ruling, the apex court helped in preventing bloodshed in Rivers State.

Hear him: “Blood would have flowed if the election was going to hold again….So, I called some people including the Chairman of PDP, Uche Secondus, that I was not going to run again. They said why and I explained that if I did, many people would die.”

These voluntary confessions made by Gov. Nyesom Wike confirm beyond doubt that Nyesom Wike was obviously behind the orgy of violence during the last elections. He funded and sponsored it. Juxtaposed with his recent threats, it is obvious Nyesom Wike thinks he can dare the state and people of Rivers state and will always get away with reward of visiting violence on innocent people.

WIKE MUST STOP INSULTING MR PRESIDENT AND DENIGRATING THE NIGERIAN MILITARY

Continuing on his verbal incontinence at the church service, Nyesom Wike lampooned President Muhammadu Buhari and the Nigerian military. He dared President Buhari thus: “If you like bring your Boko Haram soldiers to Rivers State, I will enter INEC office on election day [National and State Assembly rerun elections), let me see who will push me out.”

This kind of statement typifies the persona of Gov. Nyesom Wike as someone lacking in respect, patriotism and character 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. I vehemently condemn such display of verbal indiscretion against Mr. President and the Nigerian military.

It is noteworthy that Gov. Nyesom Wike has vowed to fight corruption his own way than support the anti-graft campaign of the Buhari administration. According to Wike: “We would not support the fight against corruption; we would not take anybody to the EFCC because I know what would happen.”

Gentlemen of the press, I decided to bring these unfolding events to the attention of Rivers people, Nigerians and the world through you so that the grim situation starring us in the face in Rivers State under the administration of Chief Nyesom Wike can be better be understood by all. I thank you for your attention.

source......The above statement by Gov. Nyesom Wike confirms his earlier threat last December while commenting on the rerun elections in Rivers State. Then he had stated, “We are not afraid of any re-run at all. But we have always said if they said there should be a re-run, let it be a re-run and not to write the result. Let them bring anybody as INEC official from anywhere that wants to be funny, I wish the person must have written his Will before he comes.”

This is the most callous statement anyone can make, much more a state governor. It is a known fact that Wike promotes violence and believes so much in jungle justice but he forgets that such outlook does not have any place in a civilized society.

WIKE’S SHOCKING REVELATION ON THE SUPREME COURT JUDGMENT

Despite my acceptance and temperate public comments on the verdict of the Supreme Court on the 27th of January, 2016 Gov. Nyesom Wike, by his unguarded utterance last Sunday, seems to give credence to the pervading doubt being expressed on the judgment in public space especially in the media. Many a Nigerian continues to wonder why PDP and Gov. Wike’s supporters went on wild celebration across Rivers State as early as 9am on the day of judgment even if the actual verdict was handed down at about 6:20pm of 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 3 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.

However, the most striking revelation by Nyesom Wike is contained in his account at the 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 Court] 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.

For the records, in his speech at the church service, Gov. Nyesom Wike probably forgot that he was on live telecast when he stated: “Let me thank our former governor, Dr. Peter Odili [husband of Supreme Court Justice, Mary Odili]. He will call me midnight to tell me what to do….he will say ‘go so so place.’ I took all his advice, and here we are today.” This shocking confession needs no further explanation except for you and other decent Nigerians to further make your fair conclusions.

THREAT OF BLOOD FLOWING WERE THERE TO BE A GOVERNORSHIP RERUN ELECTION

Still speaking at the thanksgiving service, Nyesom Wike said that he would not have given up if the verdict did not end in his favour. He said that through the ruling, the apex court helped in preventing bloodshed in Rivers State.

Hear him: “Blood would have flowed if the election was going to hold again….So, I called some people including the Chairman of PDP, Uche Secondus, that I was not going to run again. They said why and I explained that if I did, many people would die.”

These voluntary confessions made by Gov. Nyesom Wike confirm beyond doubt that Nyesom Wike was obviously behind the orgy of violence during the last elections. He funded and sponsored it. Juxtaposed with his recent threats, it is obvious Nyesom Wike thinks he can dare the state and people of Rivers state and will always get away with reward of visiting violence on innocent people.

WIKE MUST STOP INSULTING MR PRESIDENT AND DENIGRATING THE NIGERIAN MILITARY

Continuing on his verbal incontinence at the church service, Nyesom Wike lampooned President Muhammadu Buhari and the Nigerian military. He dared President Buhari thus: “If you like bring your Boko Haram soldiers to Rivers State, I will enter INEC office on election day [National and State Assembly rerun elections), let me see who will push me out.”

This kind of statement typifies the persona of Gov. Nyesom Wike as someone lacking in respect, patriotism and character 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. I vehemently condemn such display of verbal indiscretion against Mr. President and the Nigerian military.

It is noteworthy that Gov. Nyesom Wike has vowed to fight corruption his own way than support the anti-graft campaign of the Buhari administration. According to Wike: “We would not support the fight against corruption; we would not take anybody to the EFCC because I know what would happen.”

Gentlemen of the press, I decided to bring these unfolding events to the attention of Rivers people, Nigerians and the world through you so that the grim situation starring us in the face in Rivers State under the administration of Chief Nyesom Wike can be better be understood by all. I thank you for your attention.

Source.....http://dailypost.ng/2016/02/09/wike-influenced-supreme-court-ruling-peterside

claimed having it on good authority that Wike met with “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.” He added that these Justices were in the panel that decided the matter in his opponent’s favour.

You have all these evidences and yet Bubu couldn't do jack shiit?

Cry cry baby I want to see your mummy I want to see your daddy...............SHAME

Go to daddy wike to bless you and wipe your tears away

Dis na biology note,i no read am at all... It is well

Dakuku stop behaving like an orphan who is always ranting!! Go and meet your Daddy Wike so he can bless you

Dakuku will you shut up!! If you have no plan to rig any elections then you should have no problem writing your will!! Wike is very right!! The rerun elections will be very bloody if anyone tries to rig.Let the will of the people prevail

Dakuku peterside stop appealing to people's emotions.Wike made a stament of facts.There would have being bloodbath if there is rerun election in Rivers state owing to what happened at bayelsa state.seeking for advice from justice Odilli is the right thing to do.Her advice guided wike on what to do and what not to do to prevent repeat of tribunal and appeal court verdict which your party had a total control of.Wike having dealings with justice Odili doesn't collaborate bribing of judges.
Yes,whoever wants to rig the forth coming election in Rivers state should prepare their will.If you don't have such intentions why lamenting.

Ameachi issued more threats!

Dakuku and the wailers

Handkerchief, somebori ..

Peterside Dakuku the orphan of APC. If you have any evidence that any justice of the Supreme court compromised or was induced, forward your petition to EFCC, NJC and Buhari, or go to Wike (the one beloved son of Dr Dame Faka Patience Jonathan) and let him adopt you as one of his sons

Oga keep quiet and lick your wounds

You're yet to tell us how you influenced Tribunal and Appeal court rulings

Dakuku is the most useless person I have seen for a long time

U have such a lengthy submission yet u cudnnt put it together @d Apex court. Stop all this media buzzing.we have budget troubling us @d moment not ur personal,selfish,destructive ambition.

Abeg na wike advice u to sell ur hotel for governorship election,wey make u cry like orphan meet una goatie Afceeee chairman,that one come dey yarn opata like kai kai man,dakwu- kwu cry till 2019, Rivers State na PDP, PDP na Rivers,shebi una don shift the the election, even one position una no go get for all the reruns.

Ama80:
U have such a lengthy submission yet u cudnnt put it together @d Apex court. Stop all this media buzzing.we have budget troubling us @d moment not ur personal,selfish,destructive ambition.

At the supreme court what mattered was judgment for sale with the highest bidder going home with "favourable judgment". no morally upright justice would have thought of upholding Wike's appeal.

JusticeSeeker:
At the supreme court what mattered was judgment for sale with the highest bidder going home with "favourable judgment". no morally upright justice would have thought of upholding Wike's appeal.

I bet to disagree totally wt u.how can such a powered panel be bought.it's all about how strong yr evidences are.meanwhile lets wait for the reasons for their judgements.

Dakuku I wonder why you are now asking Wike to stop insulting PMB, this was what you master Ameachi did to GEJ on a daily basis, so its not good why did you not ask Ameachi to stop insulting GEJ then.

Concerning the press conference you held, it was not necessary, why don't you go and rest and wait for 2019, that is if you still have the mind to run again, I understand your position but just try and relax all this you are doing will amount to nothing, you will only end up creating more enemies for yourself, now you have brought a very serious allegations against the supreme court justices are you sure you want to go down that road, I would advice you my brother to go on a vacation now come back and you start sponsoring bills to ensure that the card reader is included in the electoral act not all this press conference, it will not take you anywhere.

And if you know that you or your party don't have the intention to rig then you need not be afraid about Wike's statement, it is a conditional statement.

Ama80:
I bet to disagree totally wt u.how can such a powered panel be bought.it's all about how strong yr evidences are.meanwhile lets wait for the reasons for their judgements.

Reasons to believe the justices were bought over:
1. Wike's public efforts to see the CJN.
2. Wike's confession that Odili and wife who is a supreme court justice were her technical advisers concerning the judiciary while the legal battle lasted.
3. The earlier celebration of Victory by pdp on the day of judgment delivery.
4. Wild spread condemnation of the election by both international and local observers.
5. Negligence of what has brought real change in our electoral system - Card Reader.
one wonders while our justices will choose to remain analogous in this digital age.

ozoigbondu:
Cry cry baby I want to see your mummy I want to see your daddy...............SHAME

Go to daddy wike to bless you and wipe your tears away

Wailing Wailers, how are you Shame!!!!!

Cry cry baby, I want to see ur mumy!!!!

I see a Riversgate.
Patiently waiting for SR to expose if anything did go on.
But that SC judgement as some of us have suggested was a convenient judgement,lacking in morality and reality.
Time will tell.

chukwudi44:
Dakuku will you shut up!! If you have no plan to rig any elections then you should have no problem writing your will!! Wike is very right!! The rerun elections will be very bloody if anyone tries to rig.Let the will of the people prevail

What is yours here now, leave us alone at the zoo, go and meet your coward master who is in handcuffs at the court, his request was rejected today, that should be enough grieve for you!!!

JusticeSeeker:
Reasons to believe the justices were bought over:
1. Wike's public efforts to see the CJN.
2. Wike's confession that Odili and wife who is a supreme court justice were her technical advisers concerning the judiciary while the legal battle lasted.
3. The earlier celebration of Victory by pdp on the day of judgment delivery.
4. Wild spread condemnation of the election by both international and local observers.
5. Negligence of what has brought real change in our electoral system - Card Reader.
one wonders while our justices will choose to remain analogous in this digital age.

u are still quoting Dakuku.while I don't hold brief for Wike,I would implore us to hold on a bit til d SC gives their reasons for d judgements so far delivered.Those points highlighted above may not actually be d Truth.

JusticeSeeker:
Reasons to believe the justices were bought over:
1. Wike's public efforts to see the CJN.
2. Wike's confession that Odili and wife who is a supreme court justice were her technical advisers concerning the judiciary while the legal battle lasted.
3. The earlier celebration of Victory by pdp on the day of judgment delivery.
4. Wild spread condemnation of the election by both international and local observers.
5. Negligence of what has brought real change in our electoral system - Card Reader.
one wonders while our justices will choose to remain analogous in this digital age.

You are yet to tell us how Dakuku bribed the useless tribunal and appeal court judges!!

chukwudi44:
Dakuku stop behaving like an orphan who is always ranting!! Go and meet your Daddy Wike so he can bless you

With all the rubbish you have been writing, has he (Wike) bless you? how can a thief (election robber) bless a a Saint?

Bad loser

JusticeSeeker:
Reasons to believe the justices were bought over:
1. Wike's public efforts to see the CJN.
2. Wike's confession that Odili and wife who is a supreme court justice were her technical advisers concerning the judiciary while the legal battle lasted.
3. The earlier celebration of Victory by pdp on the day of judgment delivery.
4. Wild spread condemnation of the election by both international and local observers.
5. Negligence of what has brought real change in our electoral system - Card Reader.
one wonders while our justices will choose to remain analogous in this digital age.

stop arguing with these people. What is done is done. The day shall come when they will start crying and complaining about tyranny and decree 4 . just relax.

By implication, two contending parties in a litigation cannot both win a case on the same mater. One will win and the other will lose. To preserve justice and avoid endless litigation there must be an end to every law suit.

Dakuku should simply let it go and allow Wike to deliver on the mandate reposed on him.

*NaijaLegalAnalyst*

I guess the Akwa Ibom Gov met with the supreme court judges in your village too....Sore looser

JusticeSeeker:
At the supreme court what mattered was judgment for sale with the highest bidder going home with "favourable judgment". no morally upright justice would have thought of upholding Wike's appeal.

Because it didn't go your way. If it had gone your way you'll be praising them to high heavens. Nigeria is a joke.

JusticeSeeker:
Reasons to believe the justices were bought over:
1. Wike's public efforts to see the CJN.
2. Wike's confession that Odili and wife who is a supreme court justice were her technical advisers concerning the judiciary while the legal battle lasted.
3. The earlier celebration of Victory by pdp on the day of judgment delivery.
4. Wild spread condemnation of the election by both international and local observers.
5. Negligence of what has brought real change in our electoral system - Card Reader.
one wonders while our justices will choose to remain analogous in this digital age.

APC's winning is even more questionable. As a matter of fact, Justice Odili withdrew from Wike's appeal due to clash of interest. She is not wrong giving Wike legal advice after all she didn't vote on the judgment. And I doubt if the learned justice Odili will risk a lifetime career to help influence that judgement. Please get over it.