The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has rejected the primaries which produced the former Minister of Niger,/ Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio as the All Progressives Congress candidate in Akwa Ibom North West senatorial district.
Akpabio was declared winner of a senatorial primary conducted on Thursday June 9 after he took part in the APC presidential election held in Abuja last week between Jube 6 and 8 ( Monday to Wednesday) but later stepped down for Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu who eventually emerged the party’s presidential candidate.
The State APC Chairman, Mr Stephen Ntukekpo, had said he was directed by the party at the national level to carry out a re-run over alleged infractions.
According to the result of the rerun senatorial primary election, Akapbio emerged winner with 478 votes, while the former DIG Ekpo Udom who won the first primary, secured just three votes.
Speaking with journalists in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State capital, on Sunday, the Resident Electoral Commissioner, Akwa Ibom State, Mr Mike Igini, said the commission would only recognise the winner of the primaries monitored by the nation’s electoral body.
