The controversy surrounding the governorship primaries of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Akwa Ibom State has assumed another dimension as Senator Ita Enang, former Senior Special Assistant (SSA) on Niger Delta Affairs to President Muhammadu Buhari, is involved in a perjury scandal over multiple cases pending in courts.
The former senator had filed multiple cases in court to challenge the outcome of the primary election and declaration of Obong Akan Udofia, a business mogul, as the governorship candidate of the APC in Akwa Ibom State.
In an action before the Federal High Court in Uyo with suit no. FHC/UY/CS/144/2022, Ita Enang sought a declaration of the court to nullify the May 26 primaries wherein Akan Udofia emerged as the candidate of the APC in Akwa Ibom State on the grounds that, inter alia, he was allegedly not a duly registered member of the APC as at the date the governorship primary election was held in the state.
On October 6, 2022, he subsequently filed another application before a Federal High Court in Abuja seeking to be joined as a necessary party in a matter brought by Akan Udofia to compel the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to publish his name and particulars as required by law.
But in a major twist of events, findings by SaharaReporters showed that the Certified True Copies (CTC) of court documents revealed that Senator Ita Enang made false depositions in his applications.
The documents clearly show that Ita Enang had in a...
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