- Tonye Cole asked the apex court to sack Siminalayi Fubara as governor of the state.
- The apex court dismissed the appeal filed by the APC and its governorship candidate.
The election of Siminalayi Fubara, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Rivers state has been confirmed by the Supreme Court.
A five-member panel of the court ruled unanimously on Thursday that Tonye Cole of the All Progressives Congress (APc) had not made a meritorious appeal.
Justice Ibrahim Saulawa ruled in the lead judgement that Cole and the APC had not provided sufficient evidence to support their claims.
Justice Saulawa resolved all the four issues identified for determination in the appeal against the appellants’.
He proceeded to dismiss the appeal.
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