Akwa Ibom people, in last Saturdays rerun elections for
House of Assembly seats confirmed beyond doubt their loyalty to the People’s
Democratic Party, PDP, by giving over 90% of votes to return the candidates of
the PDP to the hallowed chambers.
This figure which came from the re-run in Ikot Ekpene/Obot
Akara, Etinan, Ibesikpo Asutan, Oron/Udung Uko and state constituency saw PDP
sweeping a total of 52790 votes against APC’s 6461.
This figure follows the same trend witnessed in the last
governorship elections where PDP polled 91% of total votes cast.
It appears the APC had foreseen the defeat and had failed to
campaign in the affected constituencies.
The APC candidates who failed to put up a single poster and
billboard in these constituencies, thereby confirming the assumption that Akwa
Ibom is almost entirely PDP.
In Ikot Ekpene/Obot Akara, Prince Idongesit Ntekpere emerged
winner as PDP scored 23,900 making up 90.51% of votes cast; APC scored 2428(9%),
Accord 23(0.1%) and Labour party had 53(0.2%). In Etinan, Barrister Aniefiok
Dennis got 85.68% of votes with PDP scoring 10,977; APC scored 1780(13.9%),
Accord 26(0.2%) and Labour had 29 votes (0.23%). In Oron/Udung Uko, the day
belonged to Honourable Effiong Bassey Okon of PDP, who scored 7,625 giving him
96% of total votes cast; the APC had 298(3.76%), Accord party 5(0.06%) and
Labour party scored 8 votes (0.1%).
Former Speaker of the House of Assembly, Honourable Aniekan
Uko of the PDP, who had been removed in February by a Court of Appeal judgment
that favoured his petitioning APC opponent, received massive support from his
people who gave him 83.8% of votes cast, scoring 10,288 as against a paltry
1955 (15.93%) for his APC rival, Gabriel Akpan. The Accord party scored 13(0.11%)
and Labour Party had 19(0.15%).
The four successful PDP candidates will resume their
parliamentarian duties after being sworn back into office at a date yet to be
announced.
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