Nigeria: Akwa Ibom - Intrigues Cloud Eket Federal Constituency Seat

21 July 2011

PERHAPS it was the scrutiny of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. Or maybe the transparency mantra espoused by President Goodluck Jonathan ahead of the last elections. Whatever, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in 2011 spared the country the multiple crises that arose in 2007 from the frivolous substitution of its candidates for elections.

However, in the case of Eket, Akwa Ibom Federal Constituency the party is inevitably deepening case law on the procedures in identifying the genuine candidate for an election.

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