Wike and Peterside: Judgement Day

Judgement in the Rivers State Governorship election dispute between  Governor  Nyesom Wike  and the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Dakuku Peterside, will be delivered on Saturday.

The  Tribunal is led by Justice Mohammed Ambrosa and has been sitting in Abuja.

The exchange of addresses by counsel to the petitioners—Peterside and the APC—as well as the respondents—Wike, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)—took place on Thursday, with the tribunal adjourning indefinitely for judgment.

According to TheNation, Information, however, filtered out in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital Friday  afternoon that the tribunal would deliver judgment in the case at 10 a.m. on Saturday.

Some international observers and other stakeholders who monitored the April 11 governorship election in Rivers State, as well as eminent personalities who testified before the tribunal had described the poll as a sham, saying that it was characterised by violence, massive rigging, intimidation of voters and snatching of ballot boxes.