A'Ibom AA Governorship candidate heads for Appeal court, Assures teeming supporters of victory.

 The Governorship candidate of Action Alliance (AA) in Akwa Ibom  State, Prince Jeremiah Udoh has concluded plans to challenge the judgement of Akwa ibom State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal at the Appeal Court for dismissing a case of non compliance to the Court Order by the electoral umpire for lack of merit.

 Speaking with reporters in Uyo at the weekend, immediately after judgment at the Tribunal, the Governorship candidate who expressed dissatisfaction with the judgment, said the   verdict  was without justice 

The Governorship candidate,who equally explained that he met all requirements to have won the Governorship election of March 18,2023, in the state, expressed surprise that the main issue at the Tribunal, which was a non compliance to the court order by the electoral umpire,INEC, to upload, publish his name and particulars on INEC portals as the authentic Governorship candidate of Action Alliance (AA) in Akwa ibom State, in line with the provision of the Electoral Act 2022, could be dismissed for lack of merit.

Udoh, while calling on his teeming supporters at home and in  diaspora to remain calm and be law abiding assured them of victory at the Court of Appeal

WHY I AM CHALLENGING INEC AT TRIBUNAL - PRINCE UDO

A governorship candidate in the general election in Akwa Ibom State, Prince Jeremiah Udo Akpan Udo has said that the refusal of INEC to publish his name as the duly recognized candidate of the Action Alliance for the gubernatorial polls held across Nigeria in March was a fatal mistake and rubs the election of it's legitimacy and validity ordinarily. 

The gubernatorial candidate who who is currently at the election petition tribunal, while speaking with newsmen at the weekend in Uyo, said that the petition is unique in a way because it was not about the usual irregularities perpetrated by the political gladiators but rather about the refusal of INEC to provide a level playing field for the candidate and the deliberate manipulation of the process that led to gubernatorial polls here in Akwa Ibom State and indeed around the country.

According to him, "the election is not a thing that happens in a day, it's actually a process that commences from the day the ban on political activities is lifted to the day certificate of return is handed over to the winner. There are specific timelines and deliverables and these must be complied with.

Now to add to the illegality the same INEC was ordered by the Federal High Court and the court of appeal to reflect the names of all the candidate's of the Action Alliance on its portal before the general elections, yet INEC refused to comply".

He stressed that his petition was not about who was the candidate of the Action Alliance party in the last Gubernatorial election in Akwa Ibom State, that issue had long been settled by the Federal High Court Abuja and affirmed by the Court of Appeal Abuja.

"The petition was actually about whether INEC is above the law and should not obey the valid and subsisting orders of Courts of competent jurisdiction", he said.