The Akwa Ibom State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has taken decisive legal action against President Bola Tinubu, alleging his inappropriate appointment of a member of his All Progressives Congress (APC) as the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in their state.<\/p>\n
In a unified effort, the Chairman, Aniekan Akpan, and the Secretary, Harrison Ekpo, of the state’s PDP have jointly filed a lawsuit challenging the selection of Etekamba Umoren as the REC for Akwa Ibom State.<\/p>\n
Recently, the Senate confirmed seven out of ten RECs, including Umoren, who had been nominated by President Tinubu.<\/p>\n
This legal case, bearing the mark FHC\/ABJ\/CS\/146\/2023, has been presented before the Federal High Court in Abuja, with the plaintiffs naming President Tinubu, the Senate, and Umoren as defendants.<\/p>\n
To substantiate their claims, the plaintiffs have provided colored photographs of Umoren wearing APC attire during campaign events and video clips of him actively campaigning for the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, while clad in APC clothing.<\/p>\n
The leaders of the opposition party are fervently urging the court to rule against President Tinubu’s nomination of Umoren for confirmation as the REC for Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria.<\/p>\n
Their primary request seeks a court declaration that “the appointment of the 3rd defendant as REC for Akwa Ibom State is unlawful, illegal, unconstitutional, null and void ab initio and of no effect whatsoever.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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