Supreme Court Rules On Gov. Wike’s Certificate Scandal

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has emerged victorious again after the Supreme Court struck out a suit challenging his eligibility to run in the last governorship election in State.

In two unanimous judgments on Monday morning, a five-man panel of the Supreme Court upheld two appeals by Wike, with which he challenged the leave granted to Elvis Chinda by the Court of Appeal.

Chinda, in a suit he filed before the Federal High Court, challenged, among others, the authenticity of the birth certificate submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and prayed the court to disqualify Wike from contesting the last governorship election.

The Supreme Court proceeded to allow both appeals filed by Wike and struck out the notice of appeal filed by Chinda before the Court of Appeal, which it said was defective.