Supreme Court is Setting a Dangerous Precedent - Wike Bitterly Laments Dismissal of His Appeal

 

The embattled Rivers state governor, Nyesome Wike has dsecribed the Tuesday, October 27 ruling by the Election Petition Tribunal as a witch-hunt against him and Rivers State people.

 

 

It should be recalled that the Supreme Court on October 27 dismissed Governor Wike’s appeal.

Previously, the petition challenging the election of Wike as Rivers governor was filed by Dakuku Peterside, the gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress.

 

Wike, in reaction to this development, stressed that the judiciary was setting a dangerous precedent in the country, Vanguard reports.

 

He made this known Tuesday through his media adviser Opunabo Nko-Tariah. The statement contained that Wike’s camp would take further legal steps to defend the choice made by Rivers people during the April 11 polls.

 

“The courts are setting pernicious precedents by hinging their verdicts on inane points. Rivers people overwhelmingly gave their mandate to Governor Wike but a microscopic few want to wrest that mandate from him through the back door,” the statement read in part.