Rivers Tribunal sacks Speaker, 20 other lawmakers

It was a sad day for the speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Owaji Ibani, on Monday as the State Election Petitions Tribunal sacked him.
Ibani, who represents Andoni constituency, is not the only lawmaker ordered to vacate the Assembly.
Twenty other lawmakers also had their elections annulled by the tribunal which sat in Abuja because of security reasons.
The House of Assembly has 32 members.
The State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal, at the weekend, sacked Governor Nyesom Wike from office.
Wike has declared that he would appeal.
The tribunal, on Monday, cited irregularities and violence among other electoral malpractices which warranted the nullification of the lawmakers’ election victory.
The tribunal ordered fresh elections to fill the vacant seats.
Freedom Online learned that the lawmakers have vowed to appeal the judgement.