{"id":99268,"date":"2022-09-15T13:10:45","date_gmt":"2022-09-15T12:10:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=99268"},"modified":"2022-09-15T13:10:45","modified_gmt":"2022-09-15T12:10:45","slug":"court-orders-inec-to-accept-akpabio-as-apc-senatorial-candidate-for-akwa-ibom-northwest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/court-orders-inec-to-accept-akpabio-as-apc-senatorial-candidate-for-akwa-ibom-northwest\/","title":{"rendered":"Court Orders INEC To Accept Akpabio As APC Senatorial Candidate For Akwa-Ibom Northwest"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to accept and publish the name of Godswill Akpabio, as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Akwa Ibom North-West Senatorial District in next year\u2019s election.<\/p>\n<p>Delivering Judgement, Justice Emeka Nwite held that INEC acted illegally for refusing to accept and publish Akpabio\u2019s name even when it was sent to it by the APC as its candidate.<\/p>\n<p>More details later\u2026<\/p><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to accept and publish the name of Godswill Akpabio, as the candidate of the All&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":99269,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-99268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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