Guber/Assembly elections: Akwa Ibom Tribunal receives 15 petitions

The 2023 Election Petition Tribunal in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State has received about 15 petitions as of March 29.

The Secretary of the Tribunal, Mr Ibrahim Usman disclosed this to newsmen in Uyo in an interview.

He said the 15 petitions were filed by the All Progressives Congress (APC), Young Progressives Party (YPP), New Nigerian People’s Party (NNPP), Labour Party (LP) and Allied Peoples Movement (APM).

Usman explained that out of the 15 petitions received, 11 came from the House of Representatives and four from the Senate.

He added that two motions were filed by YPP for inspections of governorship election materials and the motions have been granted by the tribunal.

The Tribunal Secretary, Usman said, “Similarly, application by the All Progressives Congress in respect of governorship election for inspection of election materials was received and petition granted. We are in the process of effecting service of the petitions and respondents.”

He said the senatorial petitions were received from Akwa Ibom North East and Akwa Ibom South senatorial districts while no petition came from Akwa Ibom North West, that is, Senator Godswill Akpabio’s zone.

He said the Electoral Act allows 21 days for the petitioner to file a petition from the date of declaration and 21 days for the respondents to file their responses after receiving them.

Meanwhile, the tribunal is yet to commence siting