Chief Nyesom Wike, who has been
dethroned as the governor of Rivers state, will have to wait until
Tuesday, October 27 before knowing his fate at the Supreme Court.
According
to The Nation, the court will decide if the election tribunal which nullified
Wike’s election as the governor of Rivers state was right to have sat in Abuja
after it emerged that the tribunal was one of those relocated to the federal
capital over security fears as it could not continue with its proceedings in
Port-Harcourt, the Rivers State capital.
Chief
Nyesom Wike, is made to wait by the Supreme Court
Following
last Saturday’s cancellation of the election which ushered in the former
education minister as the governor, on the platform of the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP), Wike and the Independent National Electoral Commission (who were
respondents in the petition by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its
candidate in the election, Dakuku Peterside) questioned the tribunal’s decision
to relocate to Abuja.
This
objection was subsequently dismissed by the tribunal, arguing that it could sit
outside the state where election was held to decide any dispute arising from
such election on ground of insecurity.
The
tribunal’s decision was further upheld by the Court of Appeal, Abuja and a
panel of the Supreme Court led by Justice John Fabiyi, which received the
Appeal by Wike on October 16, heard and fixed judgement for Tuesday.
Earlier today, report also reached us that in a rather
fascinating turn of events,about ten House of Assembly members
in Rivers state were sacked by the tribunal.
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Source: Naij.com
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