Appeal Court upholds Gov. Wike’s sack...

The Court of Appeal, sitting in Abuja, yesterday, upheld the nullification of the April 11 governorship election that  brought Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State to power.
A five-man panel of Justices of the appellate court, in a unanimous judgment yesterday, dismissed three separate appeals that sought to set aside the verdict of the Rivers State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal that earlier sacked Wike from office.

The three appeals were lodged before the appellate court by Wike, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
The appeals were all dismissed as lacking in merit, even as the appellate court directed INEC to go ahead and conduct fresh governorship election in the state.