Tribunal upholds Rivers PDP lawmakers’ elections

 

The Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Abuja, has upheld the elections of a House of Representatives member from Rivers State, Blessing Nsiegbe and two members of the state of Assembly, Edison Ehie and Martins Mannah, all elected on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

Edison Ehie represents Ahoada East 1 state constituency, Martins Mannah represents Ahoada East II, state constituency and Mrs. Blessing Nsiegbe represents Port Harcourt federal constituency II.

Meanwhile, Chairman, Rivers State chapter of PDP, Felix Obuah, while reacting to the judgment, noted that more candidates of the party in the March 19, 2016 legislative re-run elections in the state have been confirmed by the tribunal.

He congratulated the lawmakers on their resounding victory at the elections tribunal, describing the judgments as further confirmation of Rivers people’s mandate and acceptance of the PDP as a household party in the state.

The PDP Chairman, expressing satisfaction with the judgments, also commended the tribunal judges for standing firm in their unanimous decision on the matters, despite pressures on them by the opposition and petitioners to subvert justice and declare otherwise.

Obuah reiterates that the PDP, as a law-abiding party, has over the years, subjected itself and its activities under the rule of law and has maintained its preference for free, fair and peaceful elections at all levels, explaining that the various judgments of the courts in favour of the PDP were in the right direction and therefore, commendable.

While regretting the slight deliberate distraction by the petitioners from the All Progressives Congress, APC, the PDP Chairman called on the victorious candidates of the party to settle down and give the people of the state meaningful representations in line with the New Rivers vision of Governor Nyesom Wike.