Akwa Ibom: APC Calls For Cancellation Of Results

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Akwa Ibom state has called for the cancellation of general elections in the state.

Recall that the result from INEC shows that APC candidate, Senator Godswill Akpabio was swept off the senatorial seat by the PDP senatorial candidate and former Deputy Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Christopher Ekpenyong in all the eight out of 10 local government areas.

However in a statement by the APC chairman in the state, Ini Okopido, and the secretary, Augustine Ekanem, the party faulted the results, saying the election did not meet the requirements of the Electoral Act 2010.

Read Full Statement Below:

The Akwa Ibom State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), having reviewed all the field reports from its unit agents who participated in the Presidential and National Assembly elections of 23 February 2019, hereby states as follows:

1) That the elections purported to have been held in the state on the aforementioned date should be cancelled outright for the following reasons:

1. a) Failure to, in particular, to deliver election materials to designated RACK Centres as announced by INEC to all political parties in a briefing by the Resident Electoral Commissioner a few days to the elections, thereby misleading party members to wait in vain in those designated centres while the state REC in collusion with his Electoral Officers and the PDP delivered the said election materials illegally to the homes of PDP leaders for illegal thumb printing of the ballots
2. b) Failure of INEC in Akwa Ibom State to comply with the requirements of the Electoral Act 2010 (as Amended) for the conduct of elections which specifies the use of the card reader for the accreditation of voters, a requirement that was blatantly disregarded.
3. c) That in light of the above, we hereby state that the said elections were not conducted according to law in the state.

2) That given the above grounds, the purported elections be cancelled and a new date set for fresh Presidential and National Assembly elections in the state.”