The All Progressive Congress (APC) and its governorship candidate in the April 11, 2015 governorship election in Akwa Ibom State, Umana Okon Umana, have filed an appeal at the Court of Appeal in Abuja challenging the judgment of the State Governorship Election Petition tribunal on the poll.
The tribunal headed by Justice Sadiq Umar had, in its judgment delivered on October 21, nullified elections in 18 out of the 31 Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the state and ordered a re-run to be conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
But in their notice of appeal, the APC and Umana faulted the tribunal judgment on the grounds of miscarriage of justice and turning natural justice upside down.
The two appellants asked the appellate court to set aside the judgment of the tribunal in relation to the validation of election results in 13 LGAs of the state.
They also asked the appeal court to nullify the entire Governorship Election conducted in the state on April 11, 2015 due to non compliance with the Election Act 2010 and voter guidelines of INEC.
Appellants specifically asked that the first respondent in the appeal case, Governor Emmanuel Udom be removed from office and that a fresh Governorship election be conducted throughout the state.
