The Rivers state elections petition tribunal on Thursday sacked PDP’s George Thompson Sekibo, Senator representing Rivers East and has declared Andrew Uchendu  of the All Progressives Congress (APC) the winner of the senatorial election.

The Tribunal therefore declared the candidate of APC in the December 10 rerun election in Rivers-East Senatorial District, Chief Andrew Uchendu as the winner of the election.

Further directives were given to the Independent National Electoral Commission ((INEC) to withdraw the Certificate of Return issued to Sekibo and issue a fresh certificate of return to Mr Uchendu.

The Tribunal’s decision was hinged on the fact that Mr Uchendu won the lawful majority vote cast during the Rivers Re-run legislative election.‎

Uchendu had approached the tribunal with a petition asking the court to declare him the winner of the poll, alleging that INEC failed to take into cognisance the results of some wards and polling units before declaring Sekibo the winner of the polls.