BREAKING: A’Court dismisses Udom Emmanuel’s ‎appeal, voids poll in ‎18 LGAs

A five-man panel of the Court of Appeal in Abuja has dismissed the appeal filed by Akwa Ibom State Governor, Mr. Udom Emmanuel, challenging the October 21, 2015 judgment of the state Governorship Election Petition Tribunal which nullified his election in 18 out of the 31 Local Government Areas in the state.

Still being awaited is the judgment on the appeal by the All Progressives Congress’ candidate, Mr. Okon Umana, asking for an order nullifying the election conducted on April 11, 2015 in the entire 31 local government areas.

Earlier the appeal court had dismissed an interlocutory appeal by Emmanuel challenging the competence of Umana and the APC to file petition challenging the outcome of the April 11 poll at the tribunal.

BREAKING: A’Court dismisses Udom Emmanuel’s ‎appeal, voids poll in ‎18 LGAs

No Firearms, Currency was recovered during Akwa Ibom Raid By DSS - Govt

Akwa Ibom State Government has again reiterated that no firearm or currency of any kind was recovered during the recent raid by some agents of the Directorate of State Services, DSS, on Government House, Uyo, as allegedly peddled by a section of the media.

Governor Udom Emmanuel

A release issued yesterday in Uyo by the Commissioner for Information and Communications, Mr. Aniekan Umanah, recalled that Governor Udom Emmanuel had variously cleared the air on the matter stressing that nothing was found or taken away from Government House, Uyo.

‘’Let it be stated for the umpteenth time that no such thing was found or taken from our Government House,” the Commissioner declared.

Umanah, who described such allegations by some alleged agents of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and the misinformed public as unfounded and spurious, noted that it was unfortunate that people were still peddling false rumours to the effect that security agents discovered firearms and foreign currencies in Akwa Ibom State Government House.

The commissioner advised     members of the public to disregard concocted and self-serving stories by political jobbers whose stock in trade, he said, was spreading rumours to survive.

No Firearms, Currency was recovered during Akwa Ibom Raid By DSS - Govt

Akwa Ibom Tribunal: DSS asks officials to testify against Udom - PDP

Acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus, on Tuesday said the party is aware of the plans by officials of the Department of State Security (DSS) to upturn the state governorship elections won by Mr. Udom Emmanuel.

Governor Udom Emmanuel

Secondus, who addressed journalists at the Ibom International Airport, Okobo, said the DSS had asked some of its officials to testify against Governor Emmanuel at the tribunal.

He explained that PDP National Working Committee (NWC) was in Akwa Ibom in solidarity with the people following the invasion of the Akwa Ibom State Government House by officials of the DSS.

According to him, there is nowhere in the world that a security arm of government will invade a Government House.

Secondus likened the invasion of the Akwa Ibom Government House to a political coup by the All Progressives Congress (APC) – led Federal Government.

He, however, expressed confidence in the ability of the judiciary to do what is right.

His words: “We have seen that the APC-led government is partial and partisan. Infact the DSS is an arm as of now of APC-led government and they want to forcefully takeover what belonged to PDP in Akwa Ibom State.

“They have arranged. They are saying all without fear and the rule of law that Akwa Ibom state is a must for them. We will tell them with the collective efforts of the entire people of Akwa Ibom that you can’t take Akwa Ibom by force.

“We trust the Nigerian Judiciary that they would do the right thing. They are not partisan. They won’t listen to all those gossips.”

Akwa Ibom Tribunal: DSS asks officials to testify against Udom - PDP