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The Supreme Court late on Wednesday upheld the election of Udom Emmanuel as the governor of Akwa Ibom State.
In upholding the election, the court reversed the judgement of the Court of Appeal, which annulled the election.
Emmanuel had approached the apex court expressing dissatisfaction with the judgement of the appellate court.
In another judgement, the election of Victor Okezie Ikpeazu as the governor of Abia State has been upheld by the Supreme Court on Wednesday night.
Ikpeazu had approached the apex because he was dissatisfied with the judgment of the Court of Appeal which had declared his main opponent, Alex Otti of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) as the winner of the April 11, 2015 governorship election..
Court of Appeal in its ruling on December 31, 2105, cancelled the entire results of Obingwa, Osisioma and Isiala Ngwa North local government areas, which had over 300,000 registered voters, out of which 228,932 had collected Permanent Voter Cards (PVC). With the cancellation, the five-member Court of Appeal panel ruled that Mr. Otti won with 164,444 valid votes as against 114,444 valid votes for Governor Ikpeazu.
