Four separate panels of the Rivers State National and State Assembly Elections Petitions Tribunal sitting in Abuja have nullified the election of the Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Owaji Ibani and 19 others elected on the platform of the Peoples  Democratic Party in the April 11, 2015 elections.

Other constituencies where PDP candidates’ elections were nullified are Gokana, Eleme, Obio-Akpor I and II, Eleme, Etche II, Opobo-Nkoro, Akukutoru I and II, Asari Toru – and II, Bonny, Tai, ONELGA I, Degema, Khana Iand II, Port Harcourt II and Ikwerre.

The Tribunals ordered fresh elections to be conducted in the 20 constituencies.

The Tribunals, however, upheld elections in 11 constituencies, which are Oyigbo, Etche I, Omuma, Ogu-Bolo, Port Harcourt I and III, ONELGa II, Abua-Odua, Ahoada West, Ahoada East II and Emuoha.

On October 24, the Tribunal handling the governorship election petition annulled the victory of Nyesom Wike as the Governor of the state and ordered fresh poll within 90 days.

Governor Wike contested in the governorship election of April 11 on the platform of the PDP.

After the verdict on Saturday, Mr Wike said he would appeal the ruling.

The PDP has expressed worries over the verdicts of the Tribunals, summoning an emergency meeting of its national caucus to discuss what it calls “onslaught against the party and its candidates in the last general elections, by the All Progressives Congress-led Federal Government”.

In a statement on Monday, the PDP National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh, said that the caucus would meet on Thursday, October 29.