The Supreme Court has affirmed the election of Barrister Nyesom Wike as the Governor of Rivers State.
The Supreme Court ruling was delivered on Wednesday.
Wile had gone to the Supreme Court to challenge the ruling of the Court of Appeal that nullified his election and asked for rerun election in some areas of the state.
This followed a petition by the candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the election, Dr. Dakuku Peterside, seeking the nullification of Wike’s declaration as governor by the Independent National Electoral Commission.
On Wednesday when the supreme court sat over the case, Wike emerged winner for the first – important – time. In a lead judgment by Justice Kekere-Ekun, the court unanimously validated his election on the grounds that he won with the lawfully valid votes. However, the panel, led by Justice Mahmoud Mohammed, chief justice of Nigeria, did not explain the reasons for its judgment. Instead, it said they would be given on February 12.
