The Court of Appeal, Abuja, has reserved judgment in an appeal filed by the sacked Akwa Ibom governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Akanimo Udofia, against the judgment of a lower court.
The three-member panel, headed by Justice Elfreda Williams-Dawodu, made this known after counsel to the appellant, Damian Dodo, and defendant’s lawyer, Mba Ukweni, adopted their briefs and presented their arguments for and against the appeal.
A Federal High Court sitting in Uyo had, on November 14, nullified the nomination of Udofia as the governorship candidate of the APC in Akwa Ibom.
The judge, Agatha Okeke, ordered the APC to conduct a fresh governorship primary within two weeks but barred Udofia from participating in the new primary.
The case was instituted by Ita Enang, who prayed the court to declare him the validly elected candidate of the party, arguing that Udofia was not a member of the party at the time of the primary.
But Udofia had filed an appeal to challenge the court judgment.
