Appeal Court Affirms Fubara’s Victory As Rivers State Governor

By Akinwale Kasali

The Court of Appeal Lagos Division has affirmed the victory of Governor Siminalayi Fubara as the duly elected Governor of Rivers State in the March 18th, 2023 Governorship Election in the State.

The Appeal Court dismissed the Allied Peoples’ Movement, APM, Petition against Fubara’s victory, saying it lacks merit.

Prior to the petition of the APM at the Appeal Court, the Rivers State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja had dismissed petitions seeking to nullify the election of Governor Fubara of Rivers State.

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, had on March 18, 2023 declared Governor Fubara of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as winner of the gubernatorial election, having polled 302,614 votes ahead of other contestants.

The Justice Cletus Emifonye-led three-member at the Petition Tribunal of the State separately dismissed all the four petitions for lack of merit.