The election petitions challenging pastor UMO Eno of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, have been submitted to the state’s independent national electoral commission for the governorship election in Akwa Ibom on March 18, 2023.
During the start of the pre-hearing session on Friday, May 26, 2023, a three-member committee led by honorable Justice Adekunle Adeleye treated two governorship petitions.
The joint petitions (APC) and its candidate, Obong Akanimo Udofia, and the YoungPeopless Party (YPP), as well as Senator Bassey Akpan, were all represented at the tribunal for the pre-hearing session.
for the APC and Akanimo Udofia, a senior advocate of Nigeria, Dr. Hassan Liman, is the lead counsel, while Tunde Fall is the YPP and Bassey AK.