APC Akwa Ibom Chair, Okopido Hails Party Leaders, Members For Support For Ekere

The Akwa Ibom State Chairman,  Chief Ini Okopido,
of All Progressive Congress, has lauded the leaders and
members of the party for their unalloyed support
and demonstration of loyalty both for the party and the
Governorship candidate,  Obong Nsima Ekere, throughout the
time the election Petition was going on at the State Tribunal.

Chief Ini Okopido, made this statement Friday following the
judgment delivered by Akwa Ibom State Governorship Election
Petition Tribunal on Thursday.

Reacting to the tribunal’s ruling Okopido said “as a law-abiding
political party with confidence and trust in the Judiciary, we have
taken the ruling with equanimity and instructed our lawyers to
evaluate the judgement and advise the party accordingly.

“Let me seize this medium to thank leaders and members of the
party for your unwavering support and tenacity to stand firm with
APC during these trying moments.

” I implore our teeming supporters not to give up hope on the
party but to remain faithful and steadfast trusting that we shall
deploy every available judicial process to attain our quest to
entrench good governance in our beloved State of Akwa Ibom,” he
said.

TheNigerialawyer reported that the Akwa Ibom State Governorship
Election Petition Tribunal on Thursday, 19th September 2019
delivered judgement in the petition brought before it by the APC
and its Governorship candidate, Obong Nsima Ekere.

The Party had approached the Tribunal to determine the legality
of the declaration by INEC of the PDP candidate, Deacon Udom
Gabriel Emmanuel winner of the March 9th 2019 governorship
election.

According to the state party, the election was broadly adjudged
to be flawed and tainted with widespread irregularities and
violence.

The Tribunal in a unanimous decision dismissed the petition
amongst other reasons for lacking in merit and failure of the
petitioner to prove his case. 

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