- Pastor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom state has been upheld as the authentic winner of the March 18 governorship election in the state
- The governorship election petition tribunal sitting in Uyo, the state capital, dismissed the petitions filed by the ADC and NNPP and their candidates, Ezekiel Nyaetok and Senator John James Akpan Udoedehe, over lack of merit
- Nyaetok argued that Eno of the PDP was convicted by a Magistrate Court in Abuja, but the court ruled that the same magistrate court nullified the judgment, and the verdict has stopped existing since then
Ugo, Akwa Ibom – The Akwa Ibom State Governorship, Election Petition Tribunal, sitting in Uyo, has upheld the victory of Governor Umo Eno as the winner of the March 18 governorship election in the state.
The court on Thursday, September 28, dismissed the petitions filed by the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and its candidate, Ezekiel Nyaetok, to challenge the declaration of Eno of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the winner of the poll, The Nation reported.
