Crowd welcome Wike as he arrived Port Harcourt from Abuja after his tribunal dismissal (photos)

Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike, was given a rousing welcome in Port Harcourt yesterday after his tribunal dismissal. Crowd of supporters were at the Port Harcourt International Airport on Saturday evening to welcome him back from Abuja.

Addressing the people, Wike said that “the ungodly political gang-up in Abuja will never compel him to abandon the mandate given to him freely by Rivers people”. He also stressed that the judgment of the tribunal, which removed him, was tantamount to a lower court over-ruling a superior court, which is unknown to law..

Wike, who was accompanied by the PDP Acting National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus and Rivers leaders said: “I have never seen a situation where a lower court overrules a higher court. The Court of Appeal has ruled on the issue of card reader which the tribunal based today’s judgment upon. 

Nobody will intimidate me to abandon the people of Rivers State.  Justice will prevail at the end. I have a very good case and my lawyers are already compiling the appeal process.  Therefore,  Rivers people should remain peaceful as the good work already started will be completed by God’s grace.”