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| Uwemedimo Nwoko |
By Etim Ekpimah
The
immediate past Commissioner for Justice and Attorney General of Akwa Ibom
State, Mr. Uwemedimo Nwoko, on Tuesday, caused a stir at the Independent
National Electoral Commission office in Uyo during the inspection of electoral
materials by the agents of the All Progressives Congress.
People
watched in surprise as Nwoko removed his suit and folded the sleeves of his
shirts in readiness to fight with the APC agents who were carrying out the
inspection orders of the Akwa Ibom Election Petitions Tribunal.
The
tribunal had on Thursday ordered an “extension of time to inspect, copy and
scan ballot papers and other election materials” used to declare former
Governor Godswill Akpabio as the winner of the March 28, 2015 Akwa Ibom
North-West senatorial district election.
Daniel
Etokiden, the media aide to the APC senatorial candidate for Akwa Ibom
North-West senatorial district, Mr. Inibehe Okori, alleged that a combative
Nwoko disrupted the inspection process by shouting and swearing.
Etokiden
said that Nwoko vowed not to allow the scanning of the over 45,000 ballot
papers in contention.
He
said, “INEC officials, party agents and journalists present watched in shock as
Nwoko recreated a replica of the Godwin Orubebe show at the International
Conference Centre, Abuja, during the collation and announcement of the
presidential election results.
“Activities at the conference hall of the
electoral commission in Uyo, venue of the inspection, came to a standstill for
more than two hours. Security personnel comprising mostly men of the State
Security Service and the police, however, pleaded with the APC agents to
exercise restraint despite the unwarranted provocation to avoid an escalation
of the crisis.”
Culled from The Punch
newspaper
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