Nigeria: PDP Withdraws Appeal Challenging Sack of Akwa Ibom Senator

21 September 2017

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has requested the Court of Appeal sitting in Calabar to dismiss its appeal against a judgment of the Federal High Court, Uyo which sacked Mr. Albert Akpan from the National Assembly and declared Bassey Etim as replacement.

The party said the judgment of the Uyo Federal High Court which sacked Akpan from the Senate for not being its authentic candidate for the 2015 Akwa Ibom senatorial election was not against its interest, hence, unnecessary and ought not to have been filed in the first place.

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