S’Court To Deliver Judgment On Wike’s Appeal Today

 

The Supreme Court will today deliver its judgment on whether or not the Rivers State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal which nullified the election of Governor Nyesom Wike on Saturday had the jurisdiction to hear the case against the governor.

A tribunal that was led by Justice Mohammed Ambrosa, nullified Wike’s election on Saturday and upheld the allegations made by the All Progressives Congress governorship candidate, Dakuku Peterside, that the election which held on April 11, 2015 was conducted in substantial non-compliance with the Electoral Act.


Wike and the Peoples Democratic Party, filed in an appeal before the Supreme Court, challenging the jurisdiction of the tribunal on the grounds of its relocation from Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers State, where the election took place, to Abuja.