Rivers State Petition Tribunal, 16 Senators, House Of Reps Members, Petition President Buhari

Due to alleged interference by security agencies in the hearing of cases before the Rivers State election petition tribunal, sixteen senators and members of the House of Representatives from the State on Tuesday petitioned President Muhammadu Buhari. 

The lawmakers called on President Muammadu Buhari to call to order to the “State Security Services” and the “Nigerian Army” to forestall a possible “injustice” in the prosecution of the cases.

Senator George Sekibo and Mrs. Betty Apiafi, both of the Peoples Democratic Party, were among the petitioners. They complained that soldiers and the Department of State Services operatives had allegedly teamed up with the All Progressives Congress to appear before the tribunal to testify. 

According to the petitioners, a similar complaint was raised earlier in a July 23-petition detailing the alleged harassment of Independent National Electoral Commission officials and judicial officials by security operatives, adding that it took the intervention of the Senate before the DSS operatives stopped the reported harassment.