
Court sacks APC Exco in Akwa Ibom
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to return Stephen Ntukekpo as state chairman of Akwa Ibom chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC). In a judgment delivered by Justice Taiwo Taiwo, the court sacked the Augustine Ekanem-led Executive Committee Officers (EXCO) of APC, directing INEC to withdraw the Certificate of Return issued to them. Justice Taiwo held that the inauguration of the Augustine Ekanem-led state EXCO of the party was an act of illegality. The judge equally ordered the electoral body to issue a Certificate of Return to Uduakobong Peter Udoh and…