The Akwa Ibom State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal, on Thursday, upheld the re-election of Governor Udom Emmanuel of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Igbere TV reports.
The All Progressives Congress (APC) and its candidate, Nsima Ekere, were challenging the result of the election that returned Emmanuel as Governor for a second term in the March 9, 2019 general election.
But delivering judgement on Thursday, the three-man panel of justices of the Election Tribunal unanimously dismissed their petition, and upheld the re-election of Governor Emmanuel of the PDP.
The Tribunal said the petitioners failed to call witnesses in 8 Local Governments out of the 21 they claimed they won, and therefore, dismissed the petition for lacking in merit and substance.
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