Former Rivers State Governor and the current minister of FCT, Nyesom Wike, has hailed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s victory at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal.
Mr Wike, who spoke on the heels of the verdict delivered by the PEPT on Wednesday, said the court verdict was only an affirmation of the choice of Nigerians.
“Nigerians have spoken, (and) the court has affirmed it,” Wike said.
The former Rivers governor who has refused to leave the Peoples Democratic Party hailed the Appeal Court Justices for painstakingly delivering the judgement.
News About Nigeria recalls that Justice Haruna Tsammani led tribunal struck out petitions brought forward by the Peoples Democratic Party, Labour Party and APM against the emergence of Tinubu as the winner of the 2023 presidential election.
However, both the PDP and LP rejected the tribunal’s verdict announcing their intentions to challenge the judgement at the Supreme Court.
Mr Wike during the interview called on both Peter Obi and Atiku Abubakar to work with President Tinubu for the progress of Nigeria.
News About Nigeria recalls that in the 2023 presidential election, Wike, a member of the G5, a disgruntled faction within the main opposition party, had publicly admitted that he had backed Tinubu and worked against PDP candidate Atiku.
Wike fell out with his party after losing out of the party’s presidential primary election. he had requested that the Iyorchia Ayo the immediate past national chairman of the party step down following the emergence of Atiku as the party’s presidential candidate. However, the refusal of Ayu to step down led to the emergence of the G5 governors that worked against the victory of the party at the 2023 presidential election.
