On Wednesday, the Court of Appeal in Abuja invalidated Emmanuel Ukpong-Udo‘selectionto the House of Representatives, where he was to represent Akwa Ibom State’s Ikono/Ini Federal Constituency.

News remembers that Ukpong-Udo of the Young Progressives Party, or YPP, was proclaimed the victory of the February 25 elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission, or INEC, following a supplemental election in the constituency.

But Glory Edet, a candidate for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, called into question his victory.

The YPP candidate was then dismissed by the Akwa Ibom State National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal, which also mandated a rerun.

Unsatisfied with the decision, Ukpong-Udo went to the Appeal Court in an attempt to have the tribunal’s decision overturned.

But in a decision on the subject on Wednesday, a Court of Appeal panel chaired by Justice Abba Mohammed affirmed the tribunal’s finding and mandated a rerun.

Whether the rerun was mandated for the entire federal constituency or just the polling places where INEC had declared the results to be inconclusive is unclear, though.