Senator Godswill Akpabio
has said that the results from Ikot-Ekpene Senatorial District were mutilated
in a bid to deprive him of his mandate.
Speaking to Channels
Television’s Seun Okinbaloye on Politics Today, Akpabio said he obtained the
original results and the mutilated version and presented a case before a High
Court at the FCT.
He said there was
illegality in a previous announcement which did not declare him as the winner
of the Senatorial district, hence, he approached the Court to get back his
mandate.
Akpabio, the incumbent
Senator representing Ikot-Ekpene Senatorial District, said that he did not lose
his re-election bid, claiming that his mandate remains intact.
Recall that in an earlier
interview, Akpabio stated that the election was manipulated and as such he
would ensure that it is reversed.
Speaking about his loss, he
said, “I won, it’s a temporal setback and that is why there are processes. If
for instance you feel you were cheated, or there was wrong collation, you have
recourse to the court.
“So for me, I can’t fail, I
didn’t fail, there must have been some wrong collation somewhere, so those
things will be corrected”.
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