Utibe Ekoson
A federal high court in Uyo has adjourned till October 24 2022, the adoption of final addresses in a case instituted by one of the PDP’s governorship candidates in Akwa Ibom state, Mr. Akan Okon.
Mr Okon, a former member of the state EXCO is challenging Pastor Umo Eno’s candidacy as the Governorship candidate of the PDP in Akwa Ibom State.
This follows the testimony from the last witness of the 1st and 2nd defendants who were under cross examination by the Plaintiff.
Police Chief Superintendent, Chris Endeley gave testimony as the third witness, subpoenaed by the court at the instance of the 1st and 2nd defendants as DW3.
He admitted before the court that he never knew Pastor Umo Eno before he was assigned the case by the Commissioner of Police and that he had to proceed to the West African Examinations Council Zonal controller’s office in Ogba, Ikeja in Lagos state where he was furnished with the details of his investigations.
He also confirmed that part of his brief was to investigate the disclaimer purportedly written by the zonal office of WAEC in Ikeja to a group known as Association for the Advancement of Democracy in Nigeria, AADN.
However the counsel to Akan Okon, Mr. Amaechi, insisted that the Police Superintendent was not truthful and insisted that the witness manufactured the response from WAEC by himself.
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