The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has listed Michael Enyong as the governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Akwa Ibom State, following the Abuja federal high court’s sack of Umo Eno as the governorship candidate and subsequent order mandating the PDP to submit Enyong’s name to INEC.
Delivering the judgment on January 20, the judge held that Enyong has been able to prove his case beyond a reasonable doubt and declared him the validly nominated gubernatorial candidate.
Note that on the 4th of October, 2022, INEC published the final list of candidates for governorship and state house of assembly elections. At the time, the commission had listed Eno as the governorship candidate. The PDP, despite the court judgement, insist that Eno remains its governorship candidate.
