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| Nigeria's Chief Judge DARES Buhari. Declares Nyesom Wike winner of April 11 governorship election |
The cold war between General Muhammadu Buhari and the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Mahmud Mohammed came to a head today. The Supreme court headed by the CJN unanimously declared Nyesom Wike, the winner of the April 11 governorship election in Rivers State. Buhari and is party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) were desperate to take the oil-rich Rivers State through from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) the backdoor.
However, Buhari has been having a cold war with Justice Mohammed who is enraged at Buhari's flouting of court orders and his attempt to trample on the Nigerian judiciary.
The CJN thus used the Wike's case to stamp the authority of the judiciary. The Supreme Court thus, upheld the outcome of the April 11 governorship election that brought Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State to power.
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The apex court in an unanimous judgment, restored the declaration of Wike as the valid winner of the poll by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
Justice Kekere-Ekun who delivered the lead verdict, held that three separate appeals that were filed by Wike, PDP and INEC, were meritorious.
Concurrent judgments of both the Rivers State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal and that of the Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal were all set aside by the Supreme Court.
The apex court panel headed by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Mahmud Mohammed however reserved their reasons for the judgement till February 12.
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