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Candidate of the Action Democratic Party (ADP) in the 2019 governorship election in Rivers State, Mr. Victor Tamie Fingesi, has dragged the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Ezenwo Nyesom Wike, before the Rivers State Governorship Election Tribunal.
Addressing a press briefing on Saturday April, 27, 2019 in Port Harcourt, Victor Fingesi said it was necessary to inform Rivers people that his party dragged Chief Wike, as well as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to the election tribunal on April 18, 2019.
He noted that “a lot of Rivers people and other stakeholders are not happy with INEC and the return of Chief Nyesom Wike as the governor- elect, which we are challenging as not substantially in compliance with the electoral Act.
“We are asking the tribunal to nullify the election and order for fresh election. This is because anybody who is the governor in a democratic dispensation carries the sacred mandate of the people,” he said.
Fingesi said no matter the expediency, whoever that is declared elected must have a majority of lawful votes, while the process and procedure must comply with the laws of the land.
“No attempt should be made in any guise to turn election exercise as merely filling a vacuum and impose anybody on Rivers people as Governor.
“Our stand on this matter is even corroborated by a press statement from INEC that the election was marred by wide spread irregularities and we wonder why INEC would consequently volte-face and return Chief Nyesom Wike as the governor in such an election,” he said.
Fingesi stressed that the party is ready to “pursue the matter to its logical conclusion even to the highest court of the land. We enjoin Rivers people to remain calm and wait for the outcome of the petition.”