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The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Thursday sacked Senator George Thompson Sekibo of the PDP and others, upholding the appeals of the APC candidates.
The sacked senator had been representing Rivers East Senatorial District in the National Assembly.
Sekibo was not the only casualty of the appeals filed by candidates of All Progressives Congress, APC. Also thrown out of the National Assembly by the Court of Appeal Thursday was Hon. Blessing Nsiegbe.
Nsiegbe, until her removal, had represented Port Harcourt Constituency II in the Federal House of Representatives under PDP ticket.
The court ordered that fresh elections be conducted within 90 days by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in the affected senatorial district and Federal Constituencies in Rivers State as all the cases were in favour of APC.
Those affected by the Court of Appeal judgment: Port Harcourt federal constituency 2 Blessing Nsiegbe (PDP) vs Collins Owhonda (APC); Obio/Akpor federal constituency Tony Okocha (APC) vs Kingsley Chinda (PDP); Ikwerre/Emohua federal constituency, Chidi Whioka (APC) vs Boniface Emeremgwa (PDP); Okrika/Ogu/Bolo federal constituency Maureen Tamuno (APC) vs Bright Gogo (PDP); and Etche/Omuma federal constituency Ogbonna Nwuke (APC) vs Chief Jerome Amadi (PDP).
The case between Senator Magnus Abe of APC and Senator Olaka Wogu for Rivers South East would be decided on Friday, 11 December by the Court of Appeal.