Why the Judgement Favoured Wike and Amosun - Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Friday gave its reasons for affirming Barrister Nyesom Wike and Senator Ibikunle Amosun as the validity elected Governor of Rivers and Ogun state in the April 11, 2015 governorship election conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the two states. The apex court had on January 27, 2015 upheld the election of the two Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), governors, having dismissed all the appeals challenging their victory at the poll. The seven-member panel of Justices of the apex court, presided by the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Mahmud Mohammed. in a unanimous judgment delivered by Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun set aside the judgments of the Court of Appeal and that of the Rivers State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal delivered in December 16 and 24th October, 2015 respectively. The Tribunal and the Court of Appeal had cancelled the election that produced Wike as governor and ordered a re-run. In the same vein, the...