The Federal High Court, Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, Monday, nullified the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary election of Akan Udofia.
The election of the business mogul said to have been held at 6 Ekpo Obot Street, Uyo on May 26, 2022, was at the beginning, rejected by Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the inability of the party to have invited the body for monitoring.
In a suit number FHC/UY/144/2022, Senator Ita Enang, an aggrieved APC Governorship aspirant, had told the court that the party primary claimed to have been won by Akan Udofia was characterised by several illegalities.
Enang, the former Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Niger Delta Affairs, also said that Udofia, the self-acclaimed winner, was not a member of APC in the state.
But, Udofia argued that the APC had given him a waiver that qualified him to contest the party primary held on May 26, 2022, with attendant flaws and other forms of irregularities.
Delivering judgment on Monday, the presiding Judge, Justice Agatha Okeke, nullified the APC primary poll and ordered the party in the state to conduct another credible primary within two weeks for the emergence of a governorship standard bearer.
Justice Okeke also dismissed the purported waiver granted to Udofia by the APC.
The Judge also ordered the defendant who claimed to have won the aborted primary election of APC in the state not to participate in the fresh party primary election.
