The Supreme Court, Monday, gave reasons why it upheld the April 11, 2015,
governorship election that brought Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom state to
power.

Adducing reasons for the unanimous judgment it delivered on February 3, a seven-
man panel of Justices of the apex court, maintained that neither the All Progressives
Congress, APC, nor its gubernatorial candidate in the state, Umana Okon Umana, was
able to prove that the election was rigged.

The Supreme Court panel faulted both the Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal and the Akwa Ibom State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, which it said failed to properly evaluate the evidence and case that the contending parties filed before them.

Meanwhile, the apex court panel, yesterday, insisted that the petitioners before the
lower court, failed to prove their criminal allegations beyond every reasonable doubt.

The Supreme Court further held that APC and Umana, failed to prove their allegation
that electorates in Akwa Ibom state were disenfranchised, polling units by polling
units. It said the lower courts erred by placing heavy reliance on the evidence of
Pw-48, who the petitioners brought to testing that there was dis-enfranchisement of
voters in 18 out of the 32 Local Governments Areas in Akwa Ibom state.

The apex court noted that the witness had in his Evidence-in-Chief admitted that he
was not at his polling unit at the time of the polls . The court also held that the over generalisation that there was anarchy in Akwa Ibom state during the election, was wrong, saying neither the Nigerian Police report nor any of the security agencies that participated in the exercise, confirmed such incidents. It said the evidence of the security agencies before the lower courts, contradicted the testimony of the witnesses the were brought by the petitioners.


www.vanguardngr.com/2016/02/akwa-ibom-gov-poll-umana-apc-failed-to-prove-alleged-rigging-s-court/

APC stand are always baseless

at least we can read the Appeal Court jugdment here
https://www.nairaland.com/2918792/akwa-ibom-state-court-appeal