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The Election Petitions
Tribunal sitting in Abuja, yesterday upheld the elections of a House of
Representatives member from Rivers State, Mrs. 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. Court400 Meanwhile, Chairman,
Rivers State chapter of PDP, Mr. 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.
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