Some APC National Assembly candidates including Senator Godswill Akpabio and the governorship candidate, Obong Nsima Ekere, had approached the Election Petition Tribunal sitting in the state to challenge the outcome of the 2019 elections.
The electoral umpire has been variously accused of denying the petitioners access to the materials and deliberately delaying the inspection process. Umoh had in press interviews alleged that INEC flouted the tribunal’s order to allow them to inspect and copy the materials for litigation purposes. The Akwa Ibom Governorship Election Petition Tribunal on April 15, 2019, in Petition No. EPT/AKS/ Gov/ 01/2019 chaired by Justice A. M Yakubu granted the petitioners – Obong Nsima Ekere and the APC – in order to inspect, copy, photocopy and obtain certified true copies of all election materials used in the March 9 governorship election in the state.
“The excuses have variously continued to be untenable in the light of the short period of time to prove our case at the Election Petition Tribunal. He, therefore, wondered why the APC lawyers and petitioners in the state that had been given assurances, led to the strong room and had been given certified copies of documents they required always run to the media to tell lies that they have been denied access to election materials.
Igini was quick to conclude that the action was deliberate due to the May 29 inauguration and subsequent cabinet making. His words: “The irony is that the very people who have been rigging elections in Akwa Ibom State are the ones who are accusing us. We are already in the tribunal. They should allow the tribunal to make a determination of these matters rather than running to either the traditional media or social media to be telling lies.
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