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S’Court judgment: Wike, Dakuku renew fight outside court
In spite of the fact that the highest court in the land, The Supreme Court, has delivered judgment on the legality of the 2015 Rivers State governorship election, which means it should be settled, the two main contenders in that exercise are not done with the issue.
Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the 2015 election in Rivers State, Dr. Dakuku Peterside, said on Tuesday that the state governor, Nyesom Wike, had foreknowledge of the Supreme Court ruling before it was eventually delivered.
Dakuku said in Port Harcourt, that “credible information confirmed” that Wike confessed to some persons that he (Wike) met with some of the justices of the Supreme Court in Mbaise, Owerri, Dubai and Saudi Arabia respectively.
Dakuku also alleged, that Wike compromised the Supreme Court judges with the help of a former governor of the state, Peter Odili and his wife Justice Mary Odili, whom he said are advisers to Wike.
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But reacting, Governor Wike in a statement also on Tuesday called Dakuku a “pathological liar” describing the allegations as “childish and infantile gibberish ranting”.
According to him, “Peterside and his APC have not accepted the Supreme Court verdict and would do anything to destroy the Supreme Court and the integrity of its Justices for daring to uphold existing jurisprudence.”
“The pathological liar Dr. Dakuku Adol Peterside claimed that: as early as 9 am on Wednesday January 27, 2016 Wike Supporters were already in jubilation; there were comments in social media three weeks before the verdict on Wike’s victory; the respected Odilis’ were used to procure the verdict of the Supreme Court. These allegations are scornful, demented and laughable”, the statement read.
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