The governorship candidates of Young Democratic Party (YDP), Nya Etok and his counterpart of Abundant Nigeria Renewal Party (ANRP), Iboro Otu Robert have described the incidence of vote buying that characterised the last general elections in Akwa Ibom State as crime against humanity and vowed to approach the International Court for Justice for redress to avoid repeat in the 2023 general elections.
Addressing newsmen in Uyo, the duo stated that what was displayed by rich politicians in the state during the Gubernatorial and House of Assembly elections was unprecedented in the history of Nigeria.
Nya Etok said out of all the candidates that contested the 2019 governorship election in the state, they were the only candidates who refused to surrender their mandates to Governor Udom Emmanuel.
“I have been a participant in all the electioneering process of this country from 1999 such that I decided to leave the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to join other Nigerians in the…
