The ambition of former Niger Delta, Godswill Akpabio, to became a senator has again hit stones as the Appeal Court sitting in Abuja has disqualified him from contesting as All Progressives Congress candidate representing Akwa-Ibom North/West District in the 2023 General Elections.
The court, on Monday evening, overruled the September 15, 2022, stand of the Federal High Court ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to recognise Akpabio, as an APC Senatorial candidate.
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The court ordered the electoral umpire to accept and publish Akpabio’s name as APC senatorial candidate for Akwa Ibom North/West senatorial district in 2023.
He is suffering a fate similar to that of the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, who has lost his bid as both had gunned for the presidential candidacy of the party, while the senatorial process was still on.
