Court Gives AKISIEC Go Ahead To Conduct LG Poll
By UbongAbasi Ise
All is now set for the conduct of local government
election in Akwa Ibom State as the State High Court sitting in Uyo has struck
out the suit filed by All Progressives Congress, APC, seeking to restrain Akwa
Ibom State Independent Electoral Commission, AKISIEC, from conducting local
government election on Saturday.
In a ruling delivered yesterday in Uyo, the Presiding
Judge, Justice Mary Udomah dismissed the suit on the grounds that it
constitutes an abuse of court process. While making the declaration, she noted
that APC had earlier filed a similar suit at the Federal High Court in Uyo
which was struck out and another at a State High Court presided over by Justice
Augustine Odokwor, which was also dismissed for lack of merit. Justice Udomah
declared that All Progressives Congress lacked locus standing to again file
similar suit to stop AKISIEC from going on with the conduct of local government
election on Saturday.
Meanwhile in a media parley held in Uyo recently, Senator
Aloysius Etok, the Chairman of APC Local Government Campaign Committee had stated
his party’s readiness for political takeover in the state, enthusing that APC are
set to make a bold statement on December 2 local government election as the
party is on course of preparing to lay a solid foundation for the enduring
process of taking over power come 2019.
The Senator further said that
APC would not be found wanting when the chips are down as the party would take
over local government councils and go ahead to win the state in 2019 general
elections.
While fielding questions from
journalists, Senator Etok disclosed that APC would field 31 chairmanship
candidates for 31 local government areas as well as 329 councillorship
candidates for the 329 wards in the state.
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