The Supreme Court, on Thursday, upheld the election of Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State.
In a unanimous decision by a five-member panel of Justices, the apex court dismissed three separate appeals that were lodged to challenge Eno’s emergence as the winner of the gubernatorial poll held in the state on March 18, 2023.
The appeals dismissed by the apex court were filed by candidates of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Akanimo Udofia; Young Progressives Party, YPP, Bassey Akpan, and the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, John Udoedehe.
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Recall that the Court of Appeal in Lagos had on November 24, 2023, also affirmed Governor Eno, who contested on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, as the valid winner of the gubernatorial contest in Akwa Ibom State.
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