Akwa Ibom PDP Takes President Tinubu to Court Over Controversial REC Appointment

The Akwa Ibom State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has initiated a lawsuit against President Bola Tinubu for purportedly selecting an All Progressives Congress (APC) member, Etekamba Umoren, as the state’s Resident Electoral Commissioner for the Independent National Electoral Commission.InformationGuideNigeria

State PDP Chairman, Aniekan Akpan, and Secretary, Harrison Ekpo, jointly filed the suit following the Senate’s recent confirmation of Umoren among seven other RECs.

Documents tendered in the Federal High Court, Abuja, show photographs of Umoren actively campaigning in APC attire, further fueling the controversy. The party representatives have petitioned for the court to rule Umoren’s appointment as invalid and prevent him from assuming the REC role.JAMB Portal

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In a related development, Debo Ologunagba, the PDP National Publicity Secretary, voiced the party’s disapproval of Umoren’s appointment at a press conference, hinting at potential electoral manipulation by the APC. The court has yet to announce a hearing date.JAMB Result

The PDP scribe said, “Of particular concern is the brazen imposition of a card-carrying member and prominent leader of the APC in Akwa Ibom State, Mr Etekamba Umoren, as the INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner for Akwa Ibom State, despite the loud and widespread outcry and rejection by Nigerians, and particularly our party, the PDP, and the people of Akwa Ibom State.NYSC Portal

“The PDP, therefore, in clear and unequivocal terms rejects the imposition of Etekamba Umoren as INEC REC for Akwa Ibom State being conceived in iniquity and in flagrant violation of the express provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended), the Electoral Act, 2022 and the universal demand of impartiality and non-partisanship of an electoral body and its officials.”

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