Tribunal upholds election of 3 PDP lawmakers in Rivers state

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(Nigeria) The Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Abuja on Wednesday, upheld the elections of the Rivers State House of Representatives lawmaker, Mrs. Blessing Nsiegbe, and two members of the state of Assembly, Edison Ehie and, Martins Mannah, all elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
Edison Ehie represents Ahoada East 1 state constituency, Martins Mannah represent  Ahoada East II, state constituency and  Mrs. Blessing Nsiegbe for Port Harcourt federal constituency II.
Meanwhile, Chairman, Rivers State chapter of PDP, Mr. Felix Obuah, while reacting to the judgment, noted that more candidates of the party in the March 19, 2016 legislative re-run elections in the state had been confirmed by the tribunal.
Joyful Obuah congratulated Edison Ehie, Martins Mannah and  Mrs. Blessing Nsiegbe on their resounding victory at the elections tribunal, describing the judgments as further confirmation of Rivers people’s mandate and acceptance of the PDP party as a household party in the state.
The PDP Chairman, expressing satisfaction over the landmark judgments, also commended the tribunal judges for standing upright in their unanimous decision on the matters, despite obvious pressures on them by the opposition and petitioners to subvert justice and declare otherwise.
Obuah reiterates that the PDP, as a law-abiding party, has over the years, subjected itself and its activities under the rule of law and has maintained its preference for free, fair and peaceful elections at all levels, explaining that the various judgments of the courts in favour of the PDP were in the right direction and therefore, commendable.
While regretting the slight deliberate distraction by the petitioners from the All Progressives Congress, APC, the PDP Chairman called on the victorious candidates of the party to settle down and give the people of the state meaningful representations in line with the New Rivers vision of Governor Nyesom Wike.

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