PDP Begins Defence In Akwa Ibom Tribunal

The Peoples Democratic Party and its candidate in the April 11, 2015 governorship election in Akwa Ibom state, Udom Emmanuel, has commenced the defence of their victory in the polls at the state’s election petition tribunal sitting in Abuja. 

Emmanuel and the PDP’s victory is being challenged by the All Progressives Congress and its candidate in the election, Umana Okon Umana.

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Kick-starting the process yesterday at the tribunal, the PDP presented four witnesses before Justices A. S. Umar, K. O. Dawodu and P. T. Kwahar of the federal capital territory high court.

According to National Mirror, the first witness, Imo Asuquo Okon, a medical scientist from Ikot Oku Ikono, Uyo told the tribunal that he participated and voted in the state’s election and tendered his voter’s card as an exhibit.

He further said apart from about three units in his ward which elections were disrupted by the APC Ward chairman, the elections went on smoothly in other units of the ward.

The second witness, a retired permanent secretary from Uyo, Maxwell Jeremiah told the tribunal that although he does not belong to any political party, he voted during the election which he said went on smoothly in his area.

The third witness, Godwin Ntukude, who is a former commissioner of transport in the state, debunked the claim by APC that Akwa Ibom State Transport Company (AKTC) vehicles were used to convey materials during the election.

The last witness of the day was one Isaiah Abia, an estate developer based in the state, who said there were accreditation and election in his unit and ward, which he said the PDP won squarely.

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Meanwhile, the PDP’s national publicity secretary, Olisa Metuh, on Tuesday, September 1, alleged that the party had uncovered a plot by the APC to meddle with the composition of the election tribunals in Rivers and other PDP states.

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