Supreme Court upholds Wike's election as Rivers governor

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(Nigeria) The Supreme Court has upheld the election of Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, after  upholding the outcome of the April 11 governorship election that brought him to power.
The apex court in an unanimous judgment, declared Wike as the valid winner of the Rivers guber poll as returned by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
Justice Kekere-Ekun in the lead verdict, held that three separate appeals by Wike, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and INEC, were meritorious.
The apex court set aside the verdicts of both the Rivers State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal and that of the Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal were all set aside by the Supreme Court.
Meanwhile, the panel headed by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Mahmud Mohammed, however, reserved their reasons for the judgement till February 12.

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