Godswill Akpabio Case Dismised

The Federal High Court in Abuja, presided over by Justice Abdul Kafarati, has dismissed petition challenging the election of Godswill Akpabio as governor of Akwa Ibom state.  



A People Democratic Party, PDP, governorship aspirant in the April 2011 elections in the state, Frank Okon, had gone to court seeking the nullification of the election on ground that his exclusion from the party primaries held on January 15, 2011, which returned the governor as the party flag bearer, breached his fundamental human rights.

Mr. Okon contested the governor’s election on grounds that the PDP committed fraud on the result sheet submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) by forging the signature of its former National Chairman, Okwesilieze Nwodo, despite the fact that a court in Enugu had removed him from office more than 72 hours before the primaries. Premium Times