The All Progressives Congress in Akwa Ibom State, has urged Nigerians to disregard a statement credited to the state’s Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Uwemedimo Nwoko, that the APC lacked witnesses at the election petitions tribunal.
It was learnt that Nwoko had, during a radio broadcast by the Akwa Ibom Broadcasting Corporation, said that the APC had run out of witnesses to testify against its political opponents in the Akwa Ibom State Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Abuja.
A statement signed by the state Publicity Secretary of the APC, Mr. Ita Awak, on Thursday, said the APC was not surprised that Nwoko could use his office to tell lies in order to misinform and mislead Akwa Ibom public.
The statement read, “For the avoidance of doubt, and to put the records straight, we want Akwa Ibom people to know that the APC has presented 47 formidable witnesses, including a former Akwa Ibom State governor and member of the PDP Board of Trustees, Obong Victor Attah, and a former member of the PDP Board of Trustees, Chief Don Etiebet.”
