The notice of appeal made available by the PDP counsel, Tayo Oyetibo (SAN), at the weekend, is asking for a court order allowing the appeal and an order setting aside part of the decisions complained of by the PDP. Those joined as respondents in the appeal alongside Umana Okon Umana and the All Progressives Congress (APC) are Udom Gabriel Emmanuel, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Resident Electoral Commissioner, Akwa Ibom State and the Nigeria Police Force. The 20-ground appeal is asking the appellate court to declare the verdict of the tribunal ordering a rerun of elections in 18 local government areas of the state null and void. The notice of appeal stated that the decision of the tribunal to nullify results declared by INEC and order rerun elections in 18 local government areas in Akwa Ibom is against the weight of evidence and is unconstitutional, null and void. According to the notice, the tribunal refused to follow the decision of the Court of Appeal in the case as stated in Ayogu V Nnamani 2006, 8, Nigeria Weekly Law Report, when it nullified results declared by INEC without the petitioner calling at least one registered voter in each polling unit in the local government areas where results were nullified as witness. It added that Section 287(2) of the constitution states that the decision of the court of appeal shall be enforced in any part of the federation by all authorities, persons and by courts of surbodinate jurisdiction to the Court of Appeal. It will be recalled that the Justice Sadiq Umar led tribunal sitting in Abuja ordered INEC to conduct rerun elections in 18 out of the 31 local government areas in the state.]]>