Supreme Court Okays Relocation of Rivers Tribunal to Abuja
Fatimah Abdullahi
The embattled Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has lost his bid to nullify the sitting of the Rivers State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal in Abuja.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday morning threw out Wike bid to declare the sitting of the Tribunal in Abuja illegal.
According to the court, the President of the Court of Appeal acted in line with the law.
It said the relocation of the tribunal to Abuja was to safeguard the lives of the tribunal chairman and other members.
The court affirmed the judgment of the Court of Appeal, which had earlier okayed the decision of the Tribunal to assume jurisdicti
on.
