Senator EKPENYONG and the PDP who said they were never daunted with the ruling of the Appeal court challenged AKPABIO to, first of all, resign his position as the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs and face a rerun, adding that they would defeat him in the polls as they did before.
The Appeal Court in Calabar in its ruling canceled the National Assembly elections in Essien Udim local government area, one out of the ten local government areas that constitute the Akwa Ibom North-West Federal constituency due to reported cases of irregularities and violence.
The court added that election results in the other nine local governments remained valid, leaving AKPABIO to scout for thirty-eight thousand votes in that local government to upturn the victory of his opponent, Senator EKPENYONG where INEC had said that only nineteen thousand voters were accredited in Essien Udim local government area.
Publicity Secretary of the PDP in Akwa-Ibom state, INI EMEMOBONG has in the meantime, described the Appeal court judgment as an opportunity to widen the margin of victory for the PDP.
