The Ondo State Governor and Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party Governors’ Forum, Dr Olusegun Mimiko, has condemned the judgment of the Rivers State Election Petitions Tribunal, which nullified the victory of Governor Nyesom Wike.
The tribunal, sitting in Abuja, on Saturday, sacked the Wike, who contested the April 11 electionon the platform of the PDP and ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to conduct fresh election in the state in the next three months.
Mimiko, while speaking with journalists in Akure, the state capital, on Monday, faulted the three-man tribunal on the grounds that its judgment was too hasty as it came less than 48 hours that both parties submitted their written addresses.
He added that the tribunal did not wait for the judgment of the Supreme Court over the issue of its jurisdiction before passing the judgment, noting that the apex court verdict would come up in a few days. But now the issue is all over as the Apex court had dismissed the suit.
He said, “Our mindset is that tribunal judgment can go either way, but the Rivers own is particularly embarrassing. We all know the circumstances surrounding the Rivers State tribunal. You recall that for unjustifiable cause, that tribunal was not allowed to sit in Port Harcourt, it was taken to Abuja. Somewhere along the line, the chairman of the Tribunal got changed.
source: punchng.news/2015/10/1210
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