Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial Election: Akpabio Laments INEC’S Manipulation
Senator Godswill Akpabio has lamented the monumental manipulations that characterized the Akwa Ibom North-West Senatorial district election in the February 23 presidential and National Assembly Election, saying the election that produced Chris Ekpenyong of the People's Democratic Party as the winner of the election was highly skewed against him by the electoral umpire, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Akpabio drags Ekpeyong to tribunal
The battle for Akwa Ibom North-West senatorial seat has shifted to the tribunal, as Senator Godswill Akpabio has filed a petition in Uyo, the state capital, challenging the emergence of Dr. Chris Ekpeyong of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as winner of the February 23 polls.
Akpabio heads to tribunal to challenge senatorial result
FORMER Senate Minority leader and member representing Akwa Ibom North-West Senatorial district, Senator Godswill Akpabio has approached Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Uyo, the state capital to kick-start the legal processes to challenge the senatorial result.
Breaking: Akwa Ibom former gov storms Essien Udim collation centre
The former governor of Alwa Ibom on Saturday night stormed Essien Udim Local Government Area collation centre.
Akpabio withdraws suit against INEC
Former Senate Minority Leader, Mr. Godswill Akpabio, on Friday, withdrew the suit he filed to stop the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, from issuing Certificate of Return to the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chris Ekpenyong, who defeated him in the February 23 Senatorial election.
Akpabio has been permanently defeated by God – Senator-Elect Ekpenyong
Dr. Chris Ekpenyong served as deputy governor of Akwa Ibom State in the period between 1999 and 2005. He had since his exit from office laid low albeit politically. That was until late last year when he emerged as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP for the Ikot Ekpene Senatorial District. Dr. Ekpenyong proceeded to win the election in which he was pitched against the immediate former governor of the state and immediate past Senate Minority Leader, Senator Godswill Akpabio. He speaks on the feat and expectations of the PDP ahead of this weekend’s polls.
