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The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Thursday sacked a member of the Rivers State House of Assembly representing Opobo/Nkoro Constituency, Mr. Andrew Miller of the All Progressives Congress, who was declared winner of the March 19, 2016 re-run in the state.

In a unanimous judgment delivered by the Justice Ibrahim Saulawa-led panel, the appeal court nullified the Certificate of Return issued to Miller by the Independent National Electoral Commission.

The panel ordered INEC to issue fresh one to the Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate in the re-run, Mr. Diri Adonye.

The appeal panel, which described the March 19, 2016 election as “massively rigged” in favour of the APC and Miller, made the consequential orders after setting aside the judgment of the Rivers State Election Petition Tribunal which earlier affirmed the election of the APC and its candidate.

The PDP and its candidate had filed their petition before the tribunal contending that the APC’s candidate declared as the winner of the poll did not receive the highest lawful votes.

The petitioners contended that the figures were inflated in favour of the APC and its candidate.

But the tribunal in its judgment had dismissed the petition on the grounds that the petitioners failed to prove the alleged tampering with the authentic election results and who actually altered with the results.

The PDP and Adonye further appealed to the Court of Appeal asking for an order setting aside the judgment of the tribunal.

In the lead judgment read by Justice George Mbaba on Thursday, the Court of Appeal said the election was “massively rigged” with figures fraudulently altered across the 11 wards in the Opobo/Nkoro Constituency of the Rivers State House of Assembly.

Justice Mbaba held that results of the election were altered with figures fraudulently inflated and allocated to the APC in the various wards.



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Wike is doing his assignments...

Nice one

Amaechi will die of high BP on hearing this

Injustice.

They will soon sack Justice Ibrahim Salauwa for not doing APC's bidding. If PDP didn't go to court now, the zombies will claim that INEC conducted a free and fair election.

The JUDICIARY remains the last hope of the COMMON MAN

Omoakinsuyi:
Amaechi will die of high BP on hearing this

i like this Justice Sallauwa, .. hope they dont find dollars under his bed

deji68:
i like this Justice Sallauwa, .. hope they dont find dollars under his bed

soon bro

GoggleB:
Wike is doing his assignments...

i tell you

EmeeNaka:
They will soon sack Justice Ibrahim Salauwa for not doing APC's bidding. If PDP didn't go to court now, the zombies will claim that INEC conducted a free and fair election.

So what should they do to the Speaker and Clerk of the Rivers State House of Assembly for refusing to inaugurate an APC member (woman) who won her State Constituency during the last rerun election held in Rivers State?

madridguy:
Injustice.

victory for democracy!

lalasticlala, another thief has been sack

madridguy:
Injustice.

pele, no vex too much

hope he will refund all the allowance and salary he has been paid before now

Wike the soul of ph city politics, match them blood for blood, court for court , we are with you

deji68:
i like this Justice Sallauwa, .. hope they dont find dollars under his bed

you know that jimoh Ibrahim blackmail him but the NJC ordered him be paid 1million for damages, so justice salauwa is fearless now and will never be intimidated by APC

gbam

BERNIMOORE:
you know that jimoh Ibrahim blackmail him but the NJC ordered him be paid 1million for damages, so justice salauwa is fearless now and will never be intimidated by APC

story

madridguy:
Injustice.

bros, you dey vex o

Justice salaauwa vs justice okon abang.

Interesting

donphilopus:
So what should they do to the Speaker and Clerk of the Rivers State House of Assembly for refusing to inaugurate an APC member (woman) who won her State Constituency during the last rerun election held in Rivers State?

There are standing orders of legislative house. You just said they refused to inaugurate her but you didn't say why they refused to inaugurate her. There was a time when Senate refused to inaugurate Sen. Margeret Okadigbo.

omofunaab:
Justice salaauwa vs justice okon abang.

Interesting

DONSMITH123:
bros, you dey vex o

NA apc man

If na the other way round I know what you will say.

IVORY2009:
victory for democracy!

I stopped bothering with Rivers politics long ago. Rivers and rigging/do or die politics.

DSS will bust the judge next week

lalasticlala