APC had challenged the decision of the Court of Appeal, Abuja, which sacked Mr Akpabio as its candidate for the Akwa Ibom North-West senatorial seat election.
The Supreme Court on Friday declared Godswill Akpabio as the validly nominated candidate for the All Progressives Congress for Akwa-Ibom North-West senatorial seat election holding on 25 February.
APC had challenged the decision of the Court of Appeal, Abuja, which sacked Mr Akpabio as its candidate.In Mr Akpabio’s place, the appellate court had on 14 November 2022 orderedto recognise Udom Ekpoudom, a retired deputy inspector general of police, as the authentic candidate of the party. Delivering its judgement on Friday, the Supreme Court held that the Federal High Court and the Court of Appeal were wrong to have assumed jurisdiction in the suit because the issue of candidate nomination lies squarely with political parties.
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