27th November, 2019
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt
The Rivers State House of Assembly has sworn in Tekenari Wellington Granville of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, after he won the Appeal Court Judgment that upheld his election as the rightful winner to represent Asari-Toru Constituency 1 as against Dr George Ipalibo, of the Social Democratic Party, SDP.
Tekenari Wellington Granville’s inauguration was symbolised by an oath of allegiance and oath of membership administered on him by the Clerk of the House of Assembly, Mr Stanford Oba.
Granville now replaces Dr George Ipalibo of the SDP who was earlier declared the winner of the March 9 State Assembly election.
The Court of Appeal sitting in Port Harcourt had recently upheld the judgement of the election petition tribunal which held that Hon Granville was the rightful winner of the election.
With the inauguration, of Granville, the SDP has one member left in the house. He is Chisom Promise Dike, who is representing Oyigbo Constituency.