The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed the suit filed by Senator Ita Enang seeking to nullify the primary that produced Akanimo Udofia as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Akwa Ibom State.
After the Federal High Court in Uyo nullified Udofia as the APC governorship candidate for the state in November 2022, Udofia headed to the Court of Appeal in Abuja to challenge the judgement.
The appellate court on January 19 set aside the judgment of the lower court and restored him as the APC candidate, stating that the Federal High Court in Uyo wrongly assumed jurisdiction to entertain the matter contrary to Sections 97 and 98 of the Sheriffs Act.
Enang, dissatisfied with the decision of the Court of Appeal, approached the Supreme Court to challenge the judgement.
The apex court, however, dismissed Enang’s suit on grounds that the trial court had no jurisdiction to question the validity of the waiver granted to Udofia to participate in the primaries, being an internal affair of the party.
