Akwa Ibom N’West Senate Tussle: Ex-DIG, Ekpoudom, to appeal adverse judgments
It is not yet over for the former Minister of Niger Delta Affair, Senator Godswill Akpabio as a former Deputy Inspector General of Police and senatorial aspirant for the Akwa Ibom North West (Ikot Ekpene) district, Udom Ekpoudom, has said that he would appeal the two judgments which declared him (Akpabio) as the authentic candidate for the senatorial seat.
It would be recalled that the former DIG had earlier been declared the winner of the party’s primary conducted on May 28, 2022, by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the state.
But a re-run primary conducted on June 9, 2022, at the Godswill Akpabio Empowerment Centre, Ikot Ekpene, declared the former minister of Niger Delta Affairs as the candidate for the senatorial seat, pushing the retired DIG, to challenge Akpabio’s declaration in court.
However, the Federal High Court presided by Justice Emeka Nwite, in Abuja, on September 15, 2022 dismissed the lawsuit against INEC and APC for lacking in merit. This was followed by a similar one presided by Donatus Okorowo’s judgement.
