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Last Updated: Friday, December 17th, 2004 HOME | Previous Page Akpabuyo chairman not qualified for elective office -Court By Bassey Inyang Correspondent, Calabar   Hopes of the sacked Chairman of Akpabuyo Local Government Area of Cross River State to reclaim his seat have been dashed by the Cross River State High Court, which declared that Dr. Salem David Joshua, otherwise known as Dr. Asuquo Effiom Okon, was not qualified to contest the April 3, 2004 local government elections. Joshua contested and won the elections on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). But the state High Court presided over by Justice Evaristus Uke in a judgment delivered in Calabar declared that the former chairman was not qualified to contest any elective post having been indicted by the Report of the Public Account Committee of Cross River State in 1996. One of Joshua’s opponents in the election, Ekeng Effiom Edet, had challenged the suitability of the former chairman to run for the office on the platform of the PDP or any other party. In the suit, Edet prayed the court to declare that the defendant, by Report of the Public Account Committee of Cross River State in 1996, is not qualified to present himself to contest any elective post or to present himself as a chairmanship aspirant under the platform of PDP or any political party. The plaintiff sought a perpetual injunction restraining the defendant from presenting himself as a chairmanship aspirant of any political party particularly PDP in Cross River State or contesting for any elective office. The judge, Mr Uke, granted all the prayers of the plaintiff. “On the whole, I am fully satisfied that the plaintiff has sufficiently proved his case on the balance of probability against the defendant. In the circumstance, I accept the plaintiff’s evidence without any shred of doubt in my mind. The plaintiff is therefore entitled to judgment. This being so I grant the plaintiff the relief claimed,” the judge declared.   Copyright� 2004. All Rights Reserved. Independent Newspapers Limited Block5, Plot 7D, Wempco Road, Ogba, P.M.B. 21777, Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria. www.independentng.com e-mail: [email protected] Designed By Powered By DNet.

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