George Sekibo said, he would appeal the judgement
Election Petitions Tribunal presiding over senatorial elections in Rivers state yesterday nullifi ed the victory of George Sekibo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Th e lawmaker has, however, told Premium Times he would appeal the judgement. Based on precedence, the senator is expected to continue in his seat until the matter is fi nally adjudicated upon by the Supreme Court.
Th e candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Andrew Uchendu, was declared the winner of the re-run election, which held on December 10, 2016. Th e Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared Sekibo winner of the election conducted in Rivers East Senatorial District. Th e tribunal ordered INEC to withdraw the certifi cate of return from Sekibo and give it to Uchendu. INEC had in December declared 93,098 votes for Sekibo to defeat Uchendu, who the commission had said scored 34,193 votes. But the tribunal found that Uchendu had actually defeated Sekibo by scoring 126, 160 against the PDP candidate who scored 84,000 votes. Th e tribunal said results on
