The Akwa Ibom Local Government Election Petition Tribunal sitting in the three senatorial districts has dismissed 13 petitions emanating from the All Progressives Congress (APC) against candidates of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on the conduct of local government elections held in October 2024
The tribunal affirmed the victory of 13 chairmanship candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that were dragged to the tribunal.
The state legal adviser of the PDP, Ekemini Uba disclosed this during a press conference in Uyo to mark the end of the tribunal session.
Uba said the tribunal had to strike out those petitions as they were not filed within the time frame stipulated by law.
” Pre hearing notice was not filed within the time frame as required by law .
” The petitioners were against our candidates for the Championship of Abak and Ibiono Ibom local government areas and for the Councillorship in 11 of the 14 wards in Ibiono Ibom local government area and others ”
Uba explained that as respondents the PDP filed briefs in all the cases challenging competences of the petitioners before the Tribunals and prayed that their cases should be dismissed.
Uba, who was accompanied by the PDP Publicity Secretary Edwin Ebiese, said after due consideration of all the cases, the tribunal in Akwa Ibom North West (Ikot Ekpene) and Akwa Ibom North East (Uyo) respectively dismissed the APC petitions and reaffirmed victories of PDP candidates in the 13 local government areas of the state.
