APC Still Contesting Imoke’s Mandate Four Months to End His 2nd Term With barely four months to the end of the current tenure of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governor Liyel Imoke of Cross River State, the All Progressives Congress (APC) says it is still confident it would reclaim the mandate wrongfully given to him in 2011. According to an APC stalwart in the state, Barrister William Ballantyne, Imoke has been wrongfully enjoying a mandate that rightfully belongs to APC, reminding the PDP that nobody can keep custody of what belongs to another man forever. Ballantyne said that the judgement of the Federal High Court on suit No FHC/CA/CS/17/2011, filed by Liyel Imoke and 37 others, which compelled the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to include them in the general election of 2011, was flawed. This, he said, was because INEC had earlier disqualified the PDP, to which Liyel Imoke and the other candidates belonged, from participating in the elections as the party did not conduct party primaries as required by the Electoral Act of 2010. READ MORE: firstafricanews.ng/index.php?dbs=openlist&s=11821#sthash.3h7h9TKy.dpuf
Posted on: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 10:17:39 +0000
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