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Court orders INEC to accept Akpabio as APC senatorial candidate
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The court also asks the electoral commission to publish Akpabio’s name as the party’s candidate.
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A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to accept Godswill Akpabio as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Akwa Ibom North/West senatorial district in 2023.
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The court also asks the electoral commission to publish Akpabio’s name as the party’s candidate.
In a judgment on Thursday, September 15, 2022, Justice Emeka Nwite, held that INEC acted illegally by refusing to accept and publish Akpabio’s name even when it was sent to it by the APC as its candidate.
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