Relief as S/Court gives verdict on Rivers guber election

WITH last Wednesday’s unanimous verdict of the Supreme Court, which upturned the decision of the Appeal Court that had earlier ordered a repeat of the April 11, 2015 governorship election in Rivers State, a great sigh of relieve swept through the state.
Before the judgment, a thick pall of apprehension had hung heavily on the state, as residents feared the consequence of a repeat election that was ordered by the Appeal Court.
The fear of the residents were not misplaced as the controversial election was the most violent in the history of the state with many abductions and outright murder before, during and after the exercise.
Moments after the judgment was given in Abuja and news filtered into town, gunshots rang out at Chukwu Street off Tombia Extension in the New Government Reservation Area of Port Harcourt, the state capital, causing pandemonium among residents.