The Rivers State Election Petition Tribunal, sitting in Abuja, has reserved judgement on the petition submitted by Tonye Cole, the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate.
Cole is contesting Governor Siminalayi Fubara of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s victory in the March 18 governorship election.
After the parties adopted their final written addresses and stated their arguments for and against the petition, the three-member tribunal, led by Justice Cletus Emifonye, adjourned the matter for judgement.
Aside from Cole, the immediate past governor of River State, Mr Nyesom Wike, was present in court for the day’s proceeding.
However, he refused to speak to journalists about the outcome of the day’s proceedings.
Cole had called over 40 witnesses to support his claim that Fubara was not qualified at the time of the election to run for Rivers State governor.