Gov. Nyesom Wike of
Rivers said on Saturday that the he will appeal against the nullification of
his election by the Election Petition Tribunal.
Wike
disclosed this to newsmen at the Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa,
shortly after arrival from Abuja.
He
said as a lawyer, he was not supposed to criticise any judge for whatever
opinion the judge had.
“
So, what I can say is that the tribunal has given it own verdict, but we know
that by the special grace of God, that is not the verdict of God.
“
Nobody can take your mandate, “ he said.
According
to Wike, our lawyers are going on appeal, we are going to appeal.
He
said if need be, the case would get to the Supreme Court.
The
governor said he was convinced that he had a good case and that in Lagos, one
of the grounds that the PDP governorship candidate went to court was the issue
of card reader.
“So,
I want to urge you to be calm and be peaceful; I am still the governor of
Rivers State.
“Our
lawyers are going on appeal; we are all going on appeal. There is also the
Supreme Court. We believe that we have a good case," he said.
-Vanguard
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