The Nigerian Supreme court has declared Mr Nyesom Wike as the validly elected Governor of Rivers State at the March 2019 gubernatorial election.
A petition filed by the African Action Congress (AAC) and its candidate in the 2019 governorship election, Awara Biokpomabo Festus which was upheld by the Court of Appeal was upturned by the Supreme Court in its ruling on Friday October 25.
A seven-man panel upheld the two appeals by Wike on the grounds that they were meritorious.
Justice Ejembi Eko delivered the judgement on behalf of a seven-man panel of the apex court
Meanwhile, the governor’s party the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday in Abuja, congratulated him over the Supreme Court judgement that affirmed his election.
The party in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, described the judgement as the final triumph of justice and the will of the people over anti-democratic forces.
Ologbondiyan said that the judgment had further strengthened the confidence of the people on the integrity of the Supreme Court.
He said that it had also confirmed the court readiness to correct any miscarriage of justice at lower stages of justice system, particularly electoral cases.
Ologbondiyan congratulated Wike and the people of Rivers state for the landmark ruling.
He said that the ruling consolidated the platform for the governor to continue in his commitment towards greater productivity without further distractions from those who do not wish the state well.
Ologbondiyan said it was optimistic that all its stolen mandates would be retrieved so as to save the nation and give Nigerians the purposeful leadership they yearn for at the trying time.
