Legal fireworks will begin at the Supreme Court on Wednesday, 27 January as the apex court starts hearing on the appeal brought by Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State,challenging the judgment of the Court of Appeal which upheld the nullification of his election by the Election Petition Tribunal.
Wike has filed 20 grounds of appeal to the Supreme Court, alleging that the election tribunal, high court and appellate court relied on hearsay and legally inadmissible evidence to arrive at its judgment as well as violated his constitutional right of fair hearing.
The governor wants the Supreme Court to hold that the lower courts wrongly refused to follow the decision in Agbaje versus Ambode’s case, which stated that the use or non-use of Card Reader cannot be a ground for questioning or nullifying an election.
Wike also wants the apex court to hold that the findings and conclusions of the lower court are perverse and not supported by any legally admissible evidence on record.
It would be recalled that when Wike approached the Supreme Court to stop the Governorship Election
Tribunal from sitting in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, he lost.
Wike, however, appears to have braced up for the worst after he urged his supporters to make sure they get their Card Readers and be ready to vote him again, boasting that the main opposition party in the state, All Progressives Congress (APC) will not win a unit.
Wike has filed 20 grounds of appeal to the Supreme Court, alleging that the election tribunal, high court and appellate court relied on hearsay and legally inadmissible evidence to arrive at its judgment as well as violated his constitutional right of fair hearing.
The governor wants the Supreme Court to hold that the lower courts wrongly refused to follow the decision in Agbaje versus Ambode’s case, which stated that the use or non-use of Card Reader cannot be a ground for questioning or nullifying an election.
Wike also wants the apex court to hold that the findings and conclusions of the lower court are perverse and not supported by any legally admissible evidence on record.
It would be recalled that when Wike approached the Supreme Court to stop the Governorship Election
Wike, however, appears to have braced up for the worst after he urged his supporters to make sure they get their Card Readers and be ready to vote him again, boasting that the main opposition party in the state, All Progressives Congress (APC) will not win a unit.
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