Image result for Senator Athan Achonu.The election tribunal sitting in Owerri, capital of Imo state has commenced hearing into the petition brought to it by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP challenging the declaration of  All Progressives Congress, APC  as winner of Imo North senatorial poll by the Independent National electoral Commission, INEC.

Witnesses from both parties have been testifying before the tribunal which has also ordered INEC to submit certified copies of the election result for clarification.

The order however has elicited reactions from the candidate of the APC Senator Benjamin Uwajimogu and the candidate of PDP, Senator Attah Achonu.