 Good evening. I am Maureen Hameen Nongwi-Zigwe and this is News Now. The Supreme Court has affirmed the former Minister of the Niger Delta Affairs, Gautre-il-Aquabiu, as candidate of the All Progressive Congress, the APC, for the Aqaibom Northwest Senatorial District election bill for February 25th. The apex court, in a unanimous decision by a five-member panel of justices, upheld an appeal-Aquabiu file to challenge the Court of Appeal Judgment that nullified its candidacy. In the lead judgment that was read by Justice Ibrahim Saulawa, the apex court held that the appellate court lacked the jurisdiction to meddle in the issue of nomination of candidate for an election, which it said was within the purview of an internal affair of a political party. The apex court panel resolved 10 issues that Aqaibiu raised before it in favor and accordingly advocated the November 14, 2022 judgment of the Court of Appeal in Abuja, which directed the Independent National Electoral Commission to recognize Mr Udom Aqaoudom as the authentic candidate of the APC for