Bye Bye to APC, As Senator Godswill Akpabio Finally Bows Down To PDP
Bye Bye to APC, As Senator Godswill Akpabio Finally Bows Down To PDP
Former Senate Minority Leader, Godswill Akpabio, has finally withdrawn the case which he filed, challenging his defeat by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the February 23, National Assembly elections.
Akpabio’s Lawyer, Sunday Ameh, announced the withdrawal in court, in Abuja, on Friday.
He did not however, give any reason for his decision.
Meanwhile, Akpabio filed the case despite Nigeria’s Legal provision, that Senatorial election disputes should be decided in the first instance by an Election Tribunal.
Lawyers had said that conventional courts lack jurisdiction to hear such cases.
Regardless, the Judge of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, was accused of granting Akpabio’s request to restrain parties...