The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the appeals filed by Rivers State Governor, Nyeson Wike.
The appeals were against the decisions of the Court of Appeal, reversing two decisions of the Rivers State Governorship Election Tribunal.
The Supreme Court in a unanimous judgement held that Wike was validly elected in the governorship election in the state, February 2019.
In dismissing the decision of the Appeal Court, on the petition filed by the African Action Congress (AAC) and its candidate in the last governorship election, Awara Biokpomabo Festus, the seven-man panel of the court upheld the two appeals by Wike on the grounds that they were meritorious. The appeals were marked: SC/1111/2019 and SC/1112/2019.
Justice Ejembi Eko wrote and delivered the lead judgments in both appeals, which the other six members of the panel concurred.
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