Godswill Akpabio, the ex-Minister of Niger Delta Affairs has won the All Progressives Congress (APC) rerun primary, for the Akwa Ibom NorthWest Senatorial district.

Akpabio, who stepped down for Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu during the just concluded presidential primary of the party, emerged winner, securing 478 votes of the 512 accredited voters. THE WILS reports.

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His closest rival, DIG Ekpo Udom, who initially won the first primary secured three votes, while Sir Joseph Akpan had one vote. 11 votes were voided. There were total of 540 delegates,

Speaking yesterday at the Godswill Akpabio Empowerment Centre in Ikot Ekpene Local Government Area, where the re-run primary held, Akpabio thanked the people for finding him worthy. Information Guide Nigeria

“I thank the Akwa Ibom NorthWest senatorial district for finding me worthy to be given another opportunity to represent you in the Nigerian Senate. I recall when you gave me the first mandate in 2015 to 2019, I recall that there is no Senator ever that did the kind of empowerment I did for you. jamb results

“I know a lot of projects were done across the ten local government areas, from markets to water projects, to electrification project, to building of classroom blocks”, he stated.

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