In a unanimous judgment delivered by Justice Ibrahim Saulawa, the apex court upheld the ruling of the Federal High Court in Abuja which in September last year granted verdict in favour of the immediate past Minister of Niger Delta Affairs.
The judgement of the Supreme Court will be the final decider of who holds the APC’s ticket for the Akwa-Ibom North-West senatorial election billed to hold on 25 February between Godswill Akpabio and Udom Ekpoudom.
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The Vice Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Campaign Council, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has said that he would approach the highest court in the land to seek redress on the Appeal Court judgement which nullified his election as the APC candidate for Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial District. SaharaReporters on Monday reported that the Court of Appeal, sitting in Abuja overturned the decision of the Federal High Court in Abuja and removed Akpabio as the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for the Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial District.