Breaking … Tribunal orders governorship rerun in Akwa Ibom

The election of Governor Emmanuel Udom of Akwa Ibom State suffered a setback on Wednesday, as the state governorship election petition tribunal ordered a rerun of the governorship election in the state.

The tribunal, in its judgement, ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to conduct re-run election in 18 of the 31 local government areas of the state.

The Justice Sadiq Umar-led panel in its judgment, noted it was satisfied that there were discrepancies during the governorship election held on April 11, further directing INEC to conduct the re-run elections.

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The tribunal held that over 500,000 registered voters were disenfrachised in the 18 local government areas including Uyo, the state capital, during the April 11 governorship election.

It upheld the petition filed by Okon Umana of the All Progressives Congress‎ (APC) challenging the declaration of Udom Emmanuel of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the winner of the April 11, 2015.

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