Governor Nyesom heads to Supreme Court following Appeal Court Judgement against him.

Rivers State Governor to proceed to Supreme Court following Appeal Court judgment

The Appeal Court Panel presided over Justice Dongban Memsem has ordered the re-run of the Rivers State Governorship Election within 90 days.

However, the legal team of Rivers State Governor has concluded plans to appeal the judgment to the Supreme Court.

Governor Wike had approached the appellate court to set aside the judgment of the tribunal, arguing that the lower court failed to consider the evidence – that a proper election took place in Rivers state on April 11 - tendered before it.

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DSS drops charges against Biafra’s Nnamdi Kanu, heads for high court.

Shuaibu Usman, magistrate of the chief magistrate court, Wuse zone 2, Abuja, on Wednesday discharged Nnamdi Kanu, director of Radio Biafra and leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), on all counts of criminal conspiracy and ownership of an unlawful society brought against him by the federal government. 

After holding that the government had dropped the charges against Kanu, the judge ruled: “The accused person is hereby discharged and the case struck out.” 

The government through its agent, the Department of State Services (DSS), had elected to withdraw the case at the lower court for a higher court, which has jurisdiction to entertain charges bordering on terrorism, to take over. 

Usman was scheduled to deliver judgment on the application of the DSS on December 1, but he put it off until December 16. 

The DSS has held Kanu for at least 90 days despite an order of the magistrate court granting him bail in October. 

After the lower court granted him bail, the secret police got an order of the federal high court, Abuja, to keep the leader of IPOB in detention. 

But his lawyer, Vincent Obetta, filed a counter application, seeking bail for the accused person. Adeniyi Ademola, justice of the federal high court, Abuja, is expected to rule on the bail application on Thursday. 

A wave of protests, engineered by IPOB, had swept through the southeast a few days ago owing to the continued detention of Kanu. 

IPOB is demanding an immediate and unconditional release of its leader. 

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Wike sacked! Appeal court orders INEC to conduct fresh elections in Rivers.

A three-man Court of Appeal panel sitting Abuja has upheld the ruling of the gubernatorial election Rivers state. In a 110-page ruling delivered by Justice M.B. Dongban-Mensem the Court ruled that the election of Nyesom Wike did not conform with the electoral act. The Court has ordered a rerun in 90 days.

In delivering a final ruling the Court of Appeal decided all the seven issues raised by Governor Wike against in favour of Dakuku Peterside and the All Progressives Congress party.

Source: SaharaReporters