The SupremeCourt has upheld the two appeals filed by the Governor of Rivers State, NyesomWike challenging the decisions of the Court of Appeal, up tuning the dismissalof a petition filed by the African Action Congress, AAC and its candidate inthe last governorship election, Awara Biokpomabo Festus. In twojudgments, the seven-man panel of the court upheld the two appeals by Wike onthe grounds that they were meritorious. JusticeEjembi Eko wrote and delivered the lead judgments in both appeals, which theother six members of the panel agreed with. In anotherdevelopment, An Abuja High Court has also upheld the decision by theIndependent National Electoral Commission, INEC to reject the candidates ofAllied Congress Party of Nigeria, ACPN and Freedom and Justice Party, FJP forthe forthcoming governorship election in Kogi State. Justice IjeomaOjukwu, in two judgments, dismissed the suits filed by the ACPN and FJP on thegrounds that they were statute barred. The Courtheld that INEC acted within its powers to reject the candidates when it foundthat both parties failed to comply with its deadline for the submission ofcandidates’ lists and nomination forms.