The candidate of the Peoples
Democratic Party for Yakurr II State
Constituency of the Cross River House
of Assembly, Mr. Eteng Williams, has
been declared the winner of the rerun
election conducted on Saturday.
The result sheet signed by the state
Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mrs.
Ghesila Khan, which was made
available on Sunday, indicated that
Williams scored 4,380 votes to beat
the candidates of the All Progressives
Party and Labour Party, Bassey Inah
and Eno Inam, who scored 3670 and
2180 votes respectively.
The Appeal Court sitting in Calabar
had on January 8, 2016 nullified the
April 11, 2015 House of Assembly
elections for Yakurr II state
constituency in which Williams of the
PDP was declared winner.
Justice Onyekachi Otisi, who delivered
the ruling, ordered that a rerun be
conducted within 90 days.
The candidate of LP, Inah had
proceeded to the Appeal Court on a
12-ground appeal after losing at the
tribunal.
Inah’s lawyer, Mr. Egere Osim, among
others had argued against the
issuance of the certificate of return,
Exhibit 24 RE10, to the first
respondent, Williams, on the April 13,
2015, when the election had not been
concluded.
(Source: PUNCH)
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