As the legal tussle against Governor Nyesom Wike trudges on, the Federal High Court in Abuja has transferred the ₦1 billion suit which was slammed against Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike to the High Court of Rivers State.
The case was moved out of Abuja to Port Harcourt on grounds of jurisdictional issues by Justice Inyang Eden Ekwo.
Chief Fubara Goodluck Ohaaa who has been identified as a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers state, had dragged Governor Nyesom Wike before the Federal High Court in Abuja where he was seeking an order of the court to prohibit him from instigating security operatives to unjustly apprehend him and among others, the politician claimed that a video and audio were allegedly recorded by agents of Governor Wike which were used to blacmail him by linking him with a heinous crime of oil bunkering.
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The plaintiff asserted that the video recording where The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike declared him a bunkerer during a tour of a local government in the state was sent to his cellphone preparatory for his arrest by security agents in the State which were hired by the Governor.
He claimed that upon a careful study of the video recording, he discovered that it was recorded by Chief Press Secretary to the governor whose name was put as Kelvin Ebiri. However, when the matter was called, the issue of jurisdiction of any Abuja court to entertain the suit was raised by some parties in the matter.
Justice Ekwo, after a careful look at the originating summons, agreed that the proper place for the plaintiff to ventilate his anger is the High Court of Rivers State. The Judge invoked relevant provisions of the law and ordered that the case be transferred to Port Harcourt for adjudication.