Post Edited: Tribunal dismisses Akpabio’s petition, upholds Ekpeyong’s election
Delivering judgment, the chairman of the three-member panel, W.O. Akanbi, held that Mr Ekpenyong, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party , was duly elected by majority votes cast during the February 23, 2019, senatorial election.The panel through a majority decision dismissed the petition filed by Godswill Akpabio of the All Progressives Congress , challenging the declaration of Mr Ekpenyong by the Independent National Electoral Commission as the winner of the said election.
Describing the petition as “lacking merit”, the panel noted that the petitioner failed to prove that he won the said election as well as failed to present convincing evidence of noncompliance to Electoral Act as raised in his petition., in collaboration with some PDP chieftains in the senatorial district, wrongfully declared Mr Ekpeyong and his party, the PDP, winner of the poll, having scored 118,215 as against Mr Akpabio’s 83,158.
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