Tribunal strikes out PPP’s petition, upholds Gov Wike’s re-election

The petition filed by candidate of the Peoples Progressive Party (PPP), Mr Clifford Edanuko, against the re-election of Governor Nyesom Wike has been struck out by the Rivers State Governorship Election Tribunal sitting in Port Harcourt.

Presided over by Justice J.A. Orjiako, the Tribunal dismissed the petition filed by Mr Clifford Edanuko of the PPP and confirmed Governor Wike as the duly re-elected Governor of Rivers State.

The Tribunal ruled that the petition with number EPT/RS/GOV/O5/2015 stands dismissed, following the motion on notice filed by the petitioner on July 23, 2019, for the discontinuation of the matter.

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Counsel for the petitioner, E. Paul MasiChi, moved the motion for discontinuance after seeking a go ahead by the petitioner.

According to MasiChi, the petitioner withdrew the petition so that governance would flow without any distraction in the state.

“We are all Rivers people. The petitioner is a Rivers man. He has looked at it and said ‘let’s give peace a chance’. The peace we are enjoying in Rivers State today is what everyone is happy about. It will not serve the interest of the state to continue this legal tussle,” he stated.

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