Obong Umana Umana, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC in the recent governorship election in Akwa Ibom State in this interview reviews the conduct of the election and the options before him. Excerpts:
Elections have come and gone. Is it a forgotten matter?
The elections cannot be forgotten for me and the good people of Akwa Ibom State. We are challenging the outcome of the purported governorship, State House of Assembly and the National Assembly elections at the tribunals.
But some are asking why don’t you do like the PDP presidential candidate and congratulate the declared winner of the election?
Umana-UmanaI would have been happy to do so if we had had valid elections and the election had been properly conducted under the terms and conditions stipulated by law. But that was far from being the case in Akwa Ibom because what we witnessed were elections that were characterised by widespread violence. Over 30 persons were killed and there were gross

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