Court Of Appeal Upholds Wike’s Re-election

The Court of Appeal sitting in Port Harcourt has upheld the re-election of Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike.

Mr Victor Fingesi had approached the Court of Appeal after the Rivers State Governorship Election Tribunal on October 5, 2019 challenging the re-election of Governor Wike, PDP Governorship Candidate during the 2019 Election.

The Court of Appeal in a unanimous judgment on Monday struck out the Appeal by Mr Victor Fingesi of ADP for lacking in merit. The Tribunal also said that the appeal was incompetent.

In a lead judgment, Justice H.N Ogunwimiji declared that the ADP Governorship Candidate failed to prove that the election was marred by irregularities.

Justice Ogunwimiji said that the ADP Governorship Candidate couldn’t adduce evidence that would invalidate the elections of Governor Wike.

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The Court also declared that INEC has the power to take action on elections when emergencies arise. The Appeal Court said that INEC derived such powers from Section 26 (1) of the Electoral Act.

The Court of Appeal also held that the petitioner lacked the locus standi to file the petition as earlier ruled by the Rivers State Governorship Election Tribunal.

Counsel to Rivers State Governor, Ike Udenna said that the Tribunal came to the conclusion that the Tribunal was right to uphold the election of Governor Wike.

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