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Tuesday 27 October 2015

Rivers: Tribunal Sacks Speaker And 20 House Of Assembly Lawmakers

Elections petition tribunals sitting in Abuja have nullified the election of the Speaker, Owaji Ibani from Andoni constituency and 20 lawmakers in Rivers state house of
assembly. The lawmakers were elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party on April 11 2015 in an election
marred by vote rigging and violence.
The judgements given today by the relevant tribunals in Abuja is bound to compound the case of the governor of the state, Nyesom Wike, who was sacked last week by
a tribunal under the same circumstances. There are 32 state lawmakers in Rivers state with the election of 21 members nullified the state assembly will no longer
form a quorum as to continue to function.

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