Rivers Election Tribunal: Nyesom Wike On The Run - APC

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has alleged that, the Rivers State Governor-elect, Chief Nyesom Wike, is evading service of the court process of the petition challenging his election.

Chief Nyesom Wike

The APC told the Rivers State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal on Wednesday, May 13,  that all attempts by the bailiff to effect the service on Wike, had been futile due to the uncooperative attitude of the governor-elect.

According to Leadership, the Counsel to APC, Chief Rotimi Akeredolu, (SAN) alleged that the people in the house of the governor were frustrating efforts of the bailiff to serve him the court process.

He said the bailiff had tried on several occasions to affect the court service on Wike, but was turned back at the gate upon discovery that he is a court bailiff.

Akeredolu, therefore, prayed that the tribunal grant an order for substituted service on the governor-elect.

Justice Muazu Abdulkadir Pindiga, who granted the prayer, ordered that the substituted service be effected on the defendant. He said the court process should either by pasted on the gate of his house or at the office of the state’s PDP secretariat.

Wike’s victory in the Rivers gubernatorial election has been strongly opposed by the opposition party, which approached the election petition tribunal to challenge Wike’s emergence as the governor-elect. The opposition alleges several irregularities and massive rigging during the poll.