Rivers: Tribunal sacks speaker, and 20 other lawmakers, Wike's suit against election tribunal thrown out.

The elections petition tribunals sitting in Abuja have nullified the election of the Speaker, Owaji Ibani and 20 other lawmakers in Rivers state house of assembly. 
The lawmakers were elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party on April 11 2015 .
With the election of 21 members nullified the state assembly will no longer form a quorum as to continue to function, as there are only 32 state lawmakers in the state..

By the way, the Supreme court has also thrown out Wike's suit against the Rivers state election tribunal.
Wike had filed a suit against the Rivers state tribunal, saying that the action of the tribunal to relocate from Rivers state to Abuja be regarded as unconstitutional. The tribunal had relocated to Abuja due to security threats in Port Harcourt.
Delivering its judgement this morning, the 7 man panel of judges said the relocation of the tribunal from Rivers state to Abuja was constitutional and borne out of security challenges.
The apex court also added that the president of the appeal court did not err in law by ordering the relocation of the tribunal. On Saturday October 24th, the state tribunal nullified Wike's election and ordered a fresh election be conducted in 90 days.