The Rivers State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja has nullified the gunernatorial poll held in the state on April 11, 2015.

The three-man tribunal chaired by Justice Suleiman Ambursa nullified the declaration of

Chief Nyesom Wike of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as winner of the contentious ballot by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

The tribunal declared that Wike’s election did not comply substantially with electoral guidelines.

It ordered INEC to conduct fresh elections within 90 days.

The litigant, Dr. Dakuku Peterside of the All Progressives Congress (APC), had sought the nullification of the ballot on the ground that it was marred by irregularities and fraudulent practices, adding that did not conduct it in line with the electoral laws.

•Photo shows Wike.