Our reporter/ The Supreme Court has affirmed Governor Siminalayi Fubara as the duly elected governor of Rivers State.
The apex court dismissed the appeal of Tonye Cole and the All Progressives Congress (APC) challenging the election of Fubara as lacking in merit.
Affirming Fubara as the duly elected governor of Rivers State, the court held that the appellant did not prove the allegations of non compliance with the Electoral Act among others.
The court held that the appeal was incompetent and dismissed it.
Cole, who was the APC candidate in the March 18, 2023 election, was challenging the victory of Governor Fubara on the ground that he did not resign as the accountant general of rivers state before the election.
Cole also cited alleged irregularities, non compliance with the Electoral Act, corrupt practices among others.
He sought for the reversal of the judgements of the Court of Appeal and the Tribunal, which upheld the declaration of Fubara of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)as the winner of the Rivers Governorship Election.
Cole’s case is a fallout of the Appeal Court decision of 28th November which dismissed his appeal for lacking sufficient and convincing evidence.
The Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos had affirmed the election of Fubara as the Rivers State governor.
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