Governor Wike Nyesome was on Saturday Evening welcomed by a huge crowd at Port Harcourt Airport as he returned from Abuja after the elections Tribunal Judgement.
Addressing the gathering, he said “the ungodly political gang-up in Abuja will never compel him to abandon the mandate given to him freely by Rivers people”.he said the tribunal decision is compared to a lower court over ruling a superior court,urging his supporters to remain calm.
Governor Wike, who was accompanied by the PDP Acting National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus and Rivers leaders said: “I have never seen a situation where a lower court overrules a higher court. The Court of Appeal has ruled on the issue of card reader which the tribunal based today’s judgment upon”.
Wike stated that the electoral act does not recognized the card reader as stated by several tribunal.
He said: “Nobody will intimidate me to abandon the people of Rivers State. Justice will prevail at the end.
“I have a very good case and my lawyers are already compiling the appeal process. Therefore, Rivers people should remain peaceful as the good work already started will be completed by God’s grace”.
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