The bizarre plot to keep the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN gubernatorial candidate of Akwa Ibom, John Akpanudoedehe out of circulation and out of the governorship contest played out today before the Chief Magistrate, Edet obot in uyo.
The bizarre plot to keep the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN gubernatorial candidate of Akwa Ibom, John Akpanudoedehe out of circulation and out of the governorship contest played out today before the Chief Magistrate, Edet obot in uyo.
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The Magistrate Court judge remanded Senator Akpanudoedehe in prison custody for 14 days after accepting that he had no jurisdiction to hear the charges brought against him. The judge claimed he was acting on a new law recently passed last week by the Akwa Ibom House of Assembly at the instance of Governor Godswill Akpabio, which empowers the governor to jail anyone for up to 14 days without trial.
A lawyer to Mr. Akpanudoedehe told SaharaReporters that this was the most bizarre legal action taken so far by a judge who has openly admitted he had no jurisdiction to try a case. Mr. Akpanudoedehe is billed to stand in general elections against Governor Akpabio on April 23 2011, but in an era in which President Goodluck Jonathan has promised "free and fair elections" to Nigerians and the world, there have been reported "orders from above" to prevent Mr. Akpanudoedehe from challenging him.
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