{"id":731509,"date":"2019-10-25T18:57:10","date_gmt":"2019-10-25T18:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/10\/25\/supreme-court-upholds-governor-wikes-election-victory\/"},"modified":"2019-10-25T18:57:10","modified_gmt":"2019-10-25T18:57:10","slug":"supreme-court-upholds-governor-wikes-election-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/10\/25\/supreme-court-upholds-governor-wikes-election-victory\/","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court Upholds Governor Wike&#8217;s Election Victory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_695726\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-695726\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-695726\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/wike.jpg\" alt=\"Governor Wike\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\"  \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-695726\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Governor Wike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Supreme Court of Nigeria has upheld the election victory of Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state on Friday, 25th October.<\/p>\n<p>The Apex court in its ruling set aside the ruling of the appellate court which had earlier granted a motion filed by the African Action Congress (AAC) and its candidate in the 2019 governorship election Awara Biokpomabo Festus.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:<\/strong>\u00a0I Congratulate Buhari Openly While Other PDP Govs Go To Him At Night: Wike<\/p>\n<p>Delivering the judgement on behalf of the seven-man\u00a0panel of the apex court, Justice Ejembi Eko, upheld the appeals by Wike on the grounds that they were meritorious.<\/p>\n<p>              &#13;\n                    <\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Governor Wike The Supreme Court of Nigeria has upheld the election victory of Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state on Friday, 25th October. 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