The Court of Appeal sitting in Calabar, the Cross River State capital has upturned the judgment of the tribunal that nullified the election of Hon. Ekeng Effiom Edet PhD, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the winner of the Akpabuyo State Constituency byelection, held February, 2022.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared Hon. Ekeng the authentic winner of the Byelection in February. Today, appeal court reaffirmed the verdict by declaring Ekeng as the authentic winner of the poll.