{"id":45984,"date":"2016-01-27T21:41:46","date_gmt":"2016-01-27T20:41:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=45984"},"modified":"2016-01-27T21:41:46","modified_gmt":"2016-01-27T20:41:46","slug":"supreme-court-judgmentwike-says-it-a-victory-for-the-rule-of-law-people-of-rivers-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/supreme-court-judgmentwike-says-it-a-victory-for-the-rule-of-law-people-of-rivers-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court Judgment:Wike Says It A Victory For The Rule Of Law, People  Of Rivers State"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has declared that his victory at<\/p>\n<p>the Supreme Court is a victory for the rule of law and the people of<\/p>\n<p>Rivers State.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Governor Wike added that the Supreme Court judgment is a victory for<\/p>\n<p>democracy and a confirmation that the will of God will always prevail over<\/p>\n<p>the machinations of men.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In a statement issued by Simeon Nwakaudu, Special Assistant to the Rivers<\/p>\n<p>State Governor on Electronic Media, Governor Wike said that the judgment<\/p>\n<p>of the Supreme Court validation of his election is a confirmation of the<\/p>\n<p>mandate freely given to him by the people of the state.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Governor Wike trekked on the streets of Port Harcourt before ending up at<\/p>\n<p>the Government House. As he walked the streets he was greeted by<\/p>\n<p>celebrating Rivers people.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>While assuring the people of Rivers State that his victory at the Supreme<\/p>\n<p>Court will lead to greater delivery of democracy dividends across the<\/p>\n<p>state, Governor Wike extended a hand of fellowship to the Rivers State APC<\/p>\n<p>Governorship Candidate, Dakuku Peterside to join hands with his<\/p>\n<p>administration to develop the state.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He praised the APC Governorship Candidate, Dr Dakuku Peterside for<\/p>\n<p>approaching the Judiciary, instead of embarking on violence.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He stated that the people of Rivers State will continue to benefit from<\/p>\n<p>the pro-people projects and programmes of his administration as he is<\/p>\n<p>determined to always to live up to the social contract he entered with the<\/p>\n<p>Rivers people.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Governor Wike specially thanked all Rivers people for their faith in him<\/p>\n<p>and his administration.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has declared that his victory at the Supreme Court is a victory for the rule of law and the people of Rivers State.&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45985,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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