The Supreme Court has placed Godswill Akpabio, back on the list of senatorial candidates for the National Assembly poll in February.
Akpabio is the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for the Akwa Ibom North-West Senatorial District.
The Former Governor took to the supreme court after he lost at the Appeal court.
The apex court, in a unanimous decision on Friday, by a five-member panel of Justices, upheld an appeal Akpabio filed to challenge the Court of Appeal judgement that nullified his candidacy.
In the judgement that was read by Justice Ibrahim Saulawa, the apex court, held that the appellate court lacked the jurisdiction to meddle in the issue of nomination of candidate for an election, which it said was within the purview of an internal affair of a political party.
The apex court panel resolved 10 issues Akpabio raised before it in his favour and accordingly vacated the November 14, 2022 judgement of the Court of Appeal in Abuja, which directed the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to recognize Mr. Udom Ekpoudom as the authentic candidate of the APC for the senatorial contest.
