Supreme Court Slams APC, Affirms PDP's Eno Akwa Ibom Governor

Governor Akwa Ibom State, Umo Eno

“You Wasted Our Time” says Supreme Court Slams APC, aftet affirming PDP's Eno Akwa Ibom Governor

The appeal against Akwa Ibom State Governor Umo Eno's election victory, filed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its candidate, Akanimo Udofia, was dismissed by the Supreme Court.

Because the lower courts' conclusions in Hassan Liman's case were factual and ordered, the supreme court recommended the APC candidate's attorney to drop his appeal.

Eno ran on the People's Democratic Party (PDP) platform, and the Court of Appeal in Lagos upheld his election.

Every appeal challenging the election of the governor was rejected by the appellate court.

The appeals court determined that there was insufficient evidence to support the claims of certificate forgery.

The appellate court further declared that a court of law had quashed the accusations of criminal convictions against the governor.

Hassan Liman, the appellants' attorney, filed an appeal against the Court of Appeal's decision at the Supreme Court.

He insisted that the main point of contention was that the governor and his deputy governor had previously been found guilty by several courts.

He contended that they were ineligible to challenge the polls under the constitution.

However, he acknowledged that the Magistrate Court in Abuja, rather than the Appeal Court, was allegedly the one to reverse their conviction.