The Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos State on Tuesday has affirmed the governorship election of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP’s) candidate in the last Rivers State governorship, Siminalayi Fubara.
The court desmissed the petition filed by the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Patrick Tonye-Cole, challenging the victory of Governor Fubara.
In the courtroom on Tuesday, the APC candidate requested that the court order INEC to declare him the winner of the March governorship election in Rivers.
Cole’s case contesting Fubara’s election as the Governor was initially dismissed by the Rivers State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in October.
However, not satisfied with the Tribunal’s judgment, the APC candidate approached the appellate court.
However, the court on Tuesday upheld the Tribunal ruling which affirmed Fubara’s victory in October.
