Supreme Court Gives Final Verdict on APC Governorship Candidate

• Akan Udofia has been declared as the authentic governorship candidate of the APC in Akwa Ibom for Saturday's March 11 guber poll
• Ita Enang, an aspirant and former senator, had filed a suit against Udofia, alleging that the APC candidate was not a member of the party as of the time the primary was conducted
• But the supreme court ruled that the party have the prerogative to grant membership waiver, confirming Udofia as the authentic candidate of the APC

Uyo, Akwa-Ibom - The nomination of Akan Udofia as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Akwa Ibom has been affirmed by the Supreme court on Tuesday, March 7.

According to Premium Times, the governorship election is scheduled to take place on Saturday, March 11.

Supreme Court affirms Akan Udofia as APC's authentic guber candidate in Akwa Ibom

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An aspirant and former senator, Ita Enang, has challenged the candidature of Akan as the flagbearer of the APC in the state.

Enanh had urged the court to declare him as the authentic governorship candidate of the APC in the state, alleging that Udofia was not an APC member as of the time the APC primary was conducted.

But on Tuesday, Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, leading a 5-member panel of the apex court, ruled that Udofia was a bonafide member of the APC as of the time of the primary election.

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According to the ruling, a political party has the power to grant anyone a membership waiver.

Justice KekeKe-Ekun's statement reads in part:

“I am in full agreement with the lower court that the 1st respondent (Mr Udofia) was a member of the 2nd respondent (APC) when he contested for the primary, and that the issue of a waiver is an internal affair of a party which the court cannot inquire into.”

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Legit.ng earlier reported that the AGF and minister of justice, Abubakar Malami, has said the federal government did not violate the Supreme Court ruling on the naira redesign policy.

Malami made the comment while speaking at the ministerial briefing organised by the presidential communication team.

President Buhari, in a recent broadcast, directed the CBN to recirculate the old N200 notes, while N500 and N1000 notes cease to be legal tender, as against the ruling of the apex court.

Source: Legit.ng