Ex-Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio has been disqualified by an Abuja Appeal Court from contesting as senator representing Akwa-Ibom North West Senatorial District in the 2023 General Elections.
The judgment was delivered on Monday evening in the Federal Capital Territory.
Prior to the latest judgment, a Federal High Court had ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to recognise Akpabio, as an All Progressives Congress Senatorial candidate.
The court ordered the electoral umpire to accept and publish Akpabio’s name as APC senatorial candidate for Akwa Ibom North/West senatorial district in 2023.
In the earlier judgment, Justice Emeka Nwite held that INEC acted illegally by refusing to accept and publish Akpabio’s name after it was sent by APC.
