The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed the suit filed
by Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, challenging the
jurisdiction of the state governorship election petition
tribunal to hear a petition filed against his election by
the All Progressive Congress (APC) candidate in the
April 11 gubernatorial poll Dakuku Peterside.
The tribunal on Saturday nullified the election and
ordered a fresh election within 90 days.
Wike, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in
the poll, had said in his petition that the tribunal which
sat in Abuja had no jurisdiction over matters that
transpired in Rivers State.
He insisted that the tribunal should have sat in Rivers
and not in Abuja.
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