The Supreme Court on Tuesday laid to rest, the tussle on who is the authentic governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Akwa-Ibom is, as it affirmed Akan Udofia as the duly nominated APC candidate.
A former senator, Ita Enang, had sought to nullify Udofia’s nomination as the governorship candidate of the party in the state.
Delivering the judgement, a five-member panel of the Supreme Court led by Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, held that Udofia was a bona fide member of the APC when it held the primary election.
Kekere-Ekun held that a political party has the “prerogative” to grant anyone membership waivers.
“I am in full agreement with the lower court that Udofia was a member of the APC when he contested for the primary, and that the issue of a waiver is an internal affair of a party which the court cannot inquire into.