The panel of seven man judges of the Supreme court, on Wednesday upheld the victory of Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom state. The court stated that Udom won a lawful cast vote
The court has been in session since morning hearing the appeal of the Akwa Ibom and Abia governorship election petition.Earlier in the day, Damien Dodo, SAN the lead counsel to Udom had urged the court to uphold the election of his client because the APC candidate did not tender sufficient evidence to indicate that the gubernatorial election was marred by irregularities as he claimed.He also argued that the Tribunal relied on the use of card readers to arrive at its decision, contrary to the decisions in some of the recent cases determined by the Supreme Court.
But Wole Olanipekun, the lead counsel to Umana disagreed.
The Senior Advocate of Nigeria told the court that his client did not just rely on card readers to prove its case.
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