Breaking News: INEC declares PDP’s Umo Eno winner of Akwa Ibom guber poll
The Independent National Electoral Commission in Akwa Ibom State has proclaimed the Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate, Pst. Umo Eno, as the winner of the 2023 governorship political race held on Saturday, march 18.
Declaring the results at the INEC headquarters in Uyo on Sunday, the State Returning Officer and Vice Chancellor of Maritime University, Okerenkoko, Delta State, Prof Emmanuel Adigio, said the PDP candidate polled a total of 356,346 votes to defeat his opponents of the Young Progressive Party and All Progressives Congress who scored a total of 136,262 and 129,602 respectively.
The New Nigeria People groups Party followed with 125,09 votes while the Work party surveyed 4,746 votes and others trail in a specific order.
He said, "That the Pst Umo Eno of the PDP having fulfilled the prerequisites of the law is here announced victor of the governorship political decision in Akwa Ibom State."
Our correspondent reports that the PDP applicant won in 29 out of 31 neighborhood government region of the state while his rival in the YPP, Congressperson Bassey Akpan, won in just two LGAs.
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