PDP stalwart wants Appeal Court to reverse Tribunal rulings on Rivers, Akwa Ibom.

ABAKALIKI—A chieftain of the Ebonyi State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Abia Onyike, weekend, called the Appeal or Supreme court to reverse the ruling of the Election Petition Tribunal which nullified the election of Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State.

Onyike, who alleged the involvement of the Presidency in the nullification of the election, made the call in a chat with Vanguard in Abakaliki.

“The ruling of the Rivers State Governorship Election Tribunal nullifying the election of Governor Nyesom Wike must be reversed at the Appeal or Supreme court to save Nigeria from a likely political confusion that is capable of threatening our democracy and creating unimaginable crisis.

“Supreme Court should save Nigeria from a likely political conflagration capable of threatening our democracy and creating unimaginable crisis. The location of the tribunals for Rivers and Akwa Ibom outside their state capitals was suspect ab initio. President Muhammadu Buhari should be restrained from making the mistakes of past Northern leaders.

“Buhari has not been lucky with the economy, which took a drastic downward spiral after he mounted the saddle  May this year.  Secondly, Nigeria is facing a vicious military campaign by an Islamic insurgency

“So, he cannot afford to have another distraction on his table. The attempt to reverse the electoral outcomes in Akwa Ibom and Rivers and possibly Bayelsa is useless display of political jingoism which may backfire and set the stage for irreversible cataclysm.”