Umana Umana Announces Akpabio's Tribunal Victory

In what was a queer show of acceptance of despair, Umana Okon Umana, the Akwa Ibom APC governorship flag bearer, broke the news of Pdp chieftain Senator Godswill Akpabio's tribunal victory on Twitter, Wednesday 14th October, immediately the ruling was pronounced. With the same breath, he suggested foul play by the Nigerian judiciary - under his party's government, the APC led government.

The petition against the Senator, written by Inibehe Okorie had generated ripples of calumny on social media led by self-admitted APC hired bloggers and spokespersons. They drove the discourse so aggressively that the ruling became widely anticipated all over Nigeria.  

Among other prayers, the APC petition had claimed that the number of votes recorded for Senator Akpabio exceeded the number of voters who were accredited, implying that there was no election in the Akwa Ibom North East Senatorial district. The tribunal however dismissed all prayers against the Senator and went a step further, charging the petitioner a fine of N2,500 as cost to the defendant, Senator Akpabio.

Having recorded victories at the tribunals over petitions written by a grumbling opposition party, all indications point to victory for the remaining tribunal case, that of Governor Udom Emmanuel.