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Court Of Appeal Ruled In Favour Of Gov Wike by vickoozy(m): 3:39pm On Oct 29, 2015 |
Rivers Governorship Poll : APC loses Appeal to
Governor Wike/PDP.
**Court of Appeal strikes out evidences against
security agents, alleged political thugs
**dismisses Rivers APC’s application to change
Court of Appeal panel for a fresh panel to hear
appeal on Tribunal’s Judgement
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Thursday
expunged from Judicial records of the Rivers
State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal all
the evidences against named and un-named
security agents and named and un-named
political thugs in the petition filed by the Rivers
State APC Governorship Candidate, Mr Dakuku
Peterside against the election of Governor
Nyesom Ezenwo Wike.
Also on Thursday, the Court of Appeal dismissed
an application by the Rivers State APC asking
the President of the Court of Appeal to
constitute a New Panel to hear the appeal that
would flow from the judgment of the Justice
Suleiman Ambrosa-led Rivers State Governorship
Election Petition Tribunal.
The Rivers State APC had appealed an
interlocutory ruling of the Rivers State
Governorship Election Petition Tribunal wherein
all the evidences against named and un-named
security agents and named and un-named
political thugs were struck out from the records
of the tribunal because the Rivers State APC
failed to join the said security agents and
political thugs in their petition.
The tribunal, however, took into consideration
the evidences against the security agents and
alleged political thugs in their judgement, relying
on them despite the earlier interlocutory ruling of
the tribunal.
Today’s session of the Court of Appeal was
Presided over by Justice Datti Yahaya JCA while
Justice Tanim Yusuf (JCA) and Justice
Mustapha Mohammed (JCA ) were members of
the panel.
According to the Court of Appeal, evidences that
were led against security agents and political
thugs whether named and un-named in the
course of the hearing of the petition filed by the
Rivers State APC Governorship Candidate against
the election of Governor Wike where the said
security agents and alleged political thugs were
not joined as parties should be struck out.
The Court of Appeal further directed that all the
criminal allegations contained in the petition
against the said security agents and alleged
political thugs be expunged as they had no
opportunity to defend themselves at the tribunal
.
The Court held that in cases where criminal
allegations are made against institutions, agents
and individuals, they were expected to be joined
as parties to the suit.
On the application brought by the Rivers State
APC asking the President of the Court of Appeal
to constitute a New Panel to hear the appeal on
the Justice Suleiman Ambrosa-led Rivers State
Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, Counsel
to to the PDP, Chief Wole Olanipekun, SAN,
urged the Court to disregard the application as it
was tantamount to disqualifying itself from
hearing the appeal for no just reason.
Counsel to Governor Wike, Mr Osima Ginah said
the application for the re-constitution of the
Appeal Court Panel via a letter written by the
Rivers State APC on October 28,2015 and
brought to the attention of the Court on
Thursday should be dismissed by the court.
It would be recalled that Justice Suleiman
Ambrosa had in his judgment at the Rivers State
Governorship Election Petition Tribunal relied
copiously on the testimonies of soldiers, mobile
policemen and DSS operatives who alleged
electoral crimes in the course of the April 11
governorship election in the state.
Counsel to Governor Wike, Mr Osima Ginah
addressing journalists after the judgement
declared that the Court of Appeal judgment
implies that all statements credited to the said
security agents will be expunged from the
records of the tribunal and will no longer form
part of the appeal process.
Mr Ginah said that today’s judgment of the Court
of Appeal has strengthened the case of Governor
Nyesom Ezenwo Wike as the second leg Rivers
State APC petition has been pulled out, pointing
out that the other pillar of their case, the card
reader accreditation is no longer tenable
following decisions by Superior Courts on the
matter. - Hope For Nigeria — at Court of Appeal
HQ,Abuja Nigeria |
Re: Court Of Appeal Ruled In Favour Of Gov Wike by frankgreat(m): 3:43pm On Oct 29, 2015 |
Hmmmmmm....brb |
Re: Court Of Appeal Ruled In Favour Of Gov Wike by Macky2(m): 3:46pm On Oct 29, 2015 |
Super story. Please we need a reliable source. |
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